Resources

Vermont

Because of Vermont Women Like Her…

Exhibit: Because of Vermont Women Like Her… highlights the role women played in shaping Vermont’s history prior to and following passage of the 19th Amendment. A companion piece, the digital Educator’s Guide, includes resources, activities, and discussion questions about the suffrage movement and equality, rights, and citizens’ responsibilities. Funded by a Local Heritage Grant from Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership and Vermont Humanities.

https://vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/suffrage.pdf
Source: Vermont Historical Society
Manuscript finding aid for the Vermont Suffrage Association (VESA) Papers, 1883-1922

https://www.vermonthumanities.org/women-get-the-vote-8-17-10/
Source: Vermont Humanities Council
Women Get the Vote (commentary)

http://scfindingaids.uvm.edu/repositories/2/resources/1198
Source: The University of Vermont Silver Special Collections Library
Manuscript finding aid for the Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorne Papers, 1820-1995 (22 boxes)

https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/InvasionStrongMindedWomen.pdf
Source: Vermont Historical Society
Deborah P. Clifford, “An Invasion of Strong-Minded Women: The Newspapers and the Woman Suffrage Campaign in Vermont in 1870,” Vermont History, Winter 1975 (Vol. 43, No. 1)

https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/DriveForWomensSuffrage.pdf
Source: Vermont Historical Society
Deborah P. Clifford, “The Drive for Women’s Municipal Suffrage in Vermont, 1883-1917,” Vermont History, Summer 1979 (Vol. 47, No. 3)

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National

https://www.2020centennial.org/learn
Source: 2020 Centennial.org
Biographies, suffrage histories, timelines, and documents

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nates
Source: National Archives Scroll down for Traveling Exhibit, Rightfully Hers Pop-up Display

http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/
Source: National Women’s History Museum
History, bibliographies, documents, lesson plans, exhibits

https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/076_vfw.html
Source: Library of Congress, Votes for Women
Images from the national movement at the LOC

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/womenshistory/19th-amendment.htm
Source: National Park Service
Resources for studying the 19th Amendment

https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/charlotte-woodward.htm
Source: National Park Service
Story of Charlotte Woodward who attended the Seneca Falls Convention and lived to see women vote in 1920

https://www.nps.gov/articles/series.htm?id=B4DD7451-C86B-F533-2E633739ADBF17EF
Source: National Park Service
Articles about the suffrage movement

https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/votes-for-women
Source: National Portrait Gallery
Exhibit: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

https://suffragistmemorial.org/
Source: Turning Point Suffrage Memorial
Educational resources about little known suffragists

https://suffragistmemorial.wordpress.com/resources/
Source: Turning Point Suffrage Memorial
Videos and other material on women’s suffrage

https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Source: Smithsonian Museum
Women’s History Initiative

http://ncwhs.org/votes-for-women-trail/#trail
Source: National Collaboration for Women’s History
National Votes for Women Trail
Resources for Young Adults

https://www.amightygirl.com/books/mighty-girls-women/women-s-history/suffrage-movement
Source: A Mighty Girl
YA books on suffrage movement

http://tag.rutgers.edu/teaching-toolbox/classroom-resources/lesson-module-womens-suffrage-in-the-united-states/
Source: Center for American Women and Politics
Lesson Module: Women’s Suffrage in the United States