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History of Women in the United States - HIST250 - Primary Sources
Resources in Library Catalog
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Using her own letters, diary, and reminiscences, this book paints a portrait of the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
History of woman suffrage
Originally published starting in 1881. Reprints of the 1881-1922 editions ; reprinted from copies at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library. V.1-3 edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage ; v.4 edited by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper ; v.5-6 edited by Ida Husted Harper.
Julia Ward Howe and the woman suffrage movement
A selection of Howe's speeches and essays with an introduction and notes by her daughter, Florence Howe Hall.
Life and work of Susan B. Anthony
Written by one of her contemporaries, this biography of Susan B. Anthony contains her public addresses and letters as well as letters by many other suffragists.
The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : Their Place Inside the Body-Politic, 1887 to 1895
This book opens in February 1887, just after the U.S. Senate had rejected woman suffrage, and closes in November 1895 with Stanton's grand birthday party at the Metropolitan Opera House. It contains letters written by Stanton and Anthony during this period (eBook).
Women's suffrage in America : an eyewitness history
Chronicles the struggle of American women for the right to vote, from 1800 to their victory in 1920. Includes quotations from contemporary witnesses through memoirs, letters, and other documents of the period.
Resources on the Internet
- Library of Congress: Women's SuffrageA collection of images and texts relating to women gaining the right to vote.
- Library of Congress: National American Women Suffrage Association CollectionNearly 800 books and pamphlets documenting the suffrage campaign that were collected between 1890 and 1938 by members of NAWSA.
- National Archives: The Nineteenth AmendmentDocuments and images related to the Nineteenth Amendment.
- National Archives: Woman Suffrage and the 19th AmendmentAdditional documents and images related to the Nineteenth Amendment.
- Not for Ourselves Alone: Historic DocumentsThis PBS resource about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton also contains articles and links to other websites.
- Votes for WomenFrom the Library of Congress, portraits of women involved in the fight for Women's Suffrage.
- Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's PartyFrom the Library of Congress, a collection of over 400 digitized photos depicting women fighting for the right to vote.