The seed for the first Woman's Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the conference that refused to seat ...

Many African American women could not vote unimpeded until the passage of ... History Merch & Suffrage National Museum of American History Pen used to sign the Woman Suffrage Joint Resolution, 1919 ...

The enormous success of the temperance movement among native-born American women between 1874 and 1900 entwined the destiny of the suffrage movement with the temperance movement during the last ...

“Yesterday, I was proud to sign into law the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act, authorizing the placement of a monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement on the National ...

President Biden signs a law allowing the first monument honoring the women's suffrage movement to be built on the National Mall. The monument is expected to be completed between 2032 and 2033.

The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks. By Jennifer Schuessler The end of a ...

They carried signs intended to challenge and embarrass ... Presidents have to maneuver carefully on politically hot issues, and women's suffrage was no exception. The movement had been growing ...

The enfranchisement of property-owning women over 30 on this day in 1918 came at a time of great strife within political parties in post-World War I Britain Eli Wizevich Rebecca Felton was sworn ...

Our collections contain primary source material relating to the campaign for women’s suffrage. The majority of this collection forms part of the Women’s Library, whose roots are founded in the ...

They could not keep their own property and money. How did women try to change this position? Suffrage societies were formed in the 19th century and came together to form the National Union of ...