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Equal Suffrage Study Club

In 1914, the Equal Suffrage Study Club, founded by and for African American women, encouraged the public to campaign for women’s voting rights and inclusion of African American women. This club was one of Delaware’s most active suffrage organizations with members speaking in public, lobbying, and marching. On April 13, 1920, with encouragement from Alice […]



Women’s Suffrage Parade

On May 2, 1914, the Delaware Congressional Union and Delaware Equal Suffrage Association held a parade in Wilmington. Approximately 400 suffragists marched from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station to the New Castle County Court House at 10th and Market Streets. The Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club, a Black women’s suffrage organization, participated as a segregated group […]



Delaware’s Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote

In March 1920, Governor John G. Townsend called a special session of the Delaware General Assembly to vote on the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Suffrage and anti-suffrage groups descended on Dover that spring to try to sway the vote in their favor. On May 5, 1920, the Delaware Senate ratified the amendment. The House […]



Women’s Vote Centennial

Women’s Suffrage Photo Gallery



Women’s Vote History

TEST YOUR SUFFRAGE KNOWLEDGE. TAKE THE QUIZ! Kids Suffrage Quiz! Suffrage Quiz! Women’s Suffrage Movement History and Timelines Delaware’s Women’s Suffrage History After years of fighting for women’s right to vote, the United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment in 1919… Leaders of the suffrage movement looked to the Delaware General Assembly to cast the […]



Women’s Vote Education

Centennial Education Center “Delaware Day Competition Display” at Legislative Hall If you would like to learn more about the “Delaware Day Competition Display” at Legislative Hall, click here. The display will be at Legislative Hall until December 12th. Children’s Books on Women’s Suffrage Pre-Teen/Teen Books on Women’s Suffrage Adult Books on Women’s Suffrage Women’s Empowerment […]