Head of Suffragette Parade Passing Treasury. View of Washington, D.C. suffrage parade and crowds, March 3, 1913. Leet Brothers Photography.
Not For Ourselves Alone, a film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes:
Together, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for the rights of women in America—indeed, women everywhere—and their determination and achievements still ripple through American society. This stirring documentary by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes recounts the challenges and triumphs of two pioneers who gave birth to the women’s movement.
The Oratory of Women's Suffrage
This video documentary re-creates the speeches of leading suffragettes whose impassioned words shaped the women’s movement during its inception in the late 19th century.
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote
In July of 1920, all eyes were on Nashville, Tennessee as anti- and pro-suffragists fought for their vision of a socially evolving United States. This program chronicles the dramatic vote to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote, and the years of debate about women's suffrage that preceded it.
How could America call itself the world's greatest democracy but continue to deny the right to vote to more than half of its citizens? This program documents the struggle for women’s rights that culminated in the passing of the 19th Amendment in the U.S. Senate by one vote. Witness the 70-year struggle for women's suffrage and discover why the crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared the women's vote would ignite a social revolution.
The women's suffrage movement inspired this 1913 silent film classic, which features appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriot Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of government corruption that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.
Amendment 19: Women's Right to Vote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. The wording of the 19th Amendment is as unflinchingly clear as the obstacles to its passage—sexism; cultural, political, and social prejudices; and even timidity on the part of women reluctant to challenge the status quo. This program examines the struggle of the women’s suffrage movement and its role in the eventual passage of the 19th Amendment. Legal experts discuss the amendment as a constitutional document and explain the changes it brought about in American life.
This documentary series, presented by Lucy Worsley, uses dramatized testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dangerous campaign for the vote in the UK.
List of Archival/Newsreel films and footage of real-life Suffragists and Suffrage Activism
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2020 Women's Vote Centennial Initiative
Links to all the web's best Centennial resources, including quizzes, articles, primary sources, collections, book lists, timelines, and more.
Library of Congress' Exhibit 'Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote'
Featuring handwritten letters, speeches, photographs and scrapbooks, created by American suffragists who persisted for more than 70 years to win voting rights for women.
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission
The official, congressional site to commemorate and coordinate the nationwide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and to educate the American people about the efforts and undertakings of the women's suffrage movement in the US in a non-partisan fashion. Included fun resources for children.
National Archives' Suffrage Commemoration site
This site accompanies the National Archives exhibit 'Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote' and includes primary sources, streaming events, and educational resources about the long fight to secure women's suffrage.
