Hello readers! My name is Mandi Hull and I would like to welcome you to my digital library dedicated to the women's suffrage movement. I hope that this collection is useful to anyone who would like to learn more about the historic battle for women to vote and hold public office and the extraordinary women who led the charge. The movement culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 20, 1920, which granted women the vote. In the last 100 years, women have gone from not being able to vote or hold public office to being the majority of registered voters as well as the majority of voters in national elections (Center for American Women and Politics, 2007). This collection will document their journey to that historic day nearly a century ago that made it all possible.
You will see above that the movement is divided into three categories: U.S. Women, African-American Women, and U.K. Women. The U.S. Suffrage Movement started out involving all women but did eventually, unfortunately, divide into two separate movements, which is why African-American Women are displayed separately to highlight their achievements. Additionally, we drew inspiration from our sisters in Great Britain who were fighting the same battle so their movement is also documented in this digital library.
To get started you can click on events on the timeline below, Browse and Search items, or view the collections from the menu above.
Resources:
Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. (2017, July 20). Gender differences in voter turnout [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/genderdiff.pdf.
This digital collection was created as an educational exercise for LIS 676 Creating Digital Libraries offered through the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s graduate program in Library and Information Science. All items were included with the intention of fair use for education but items will be removed immediately if you feel that copyright has been violated. Please contact me right away if that is the case hullm7@hawaii.edu.