Women's Vote History - Delaware Public Archives - State of Delaware

Women's Vote History

Photo of Victoria Woodhull - courtesy of NPR — “If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue.
What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?”
– Victoria Claflin Woodhull

Photo of Lucy Stone — “Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.”
– Lucy Stone

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TEST YOUR SUFFRAGE KNOWLEDGE.
TAKE THE QUIZ!

Kids Suffrage Quiz!

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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 deciding vote at a special session called by Governor Townsend on March 1920… Read more

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The Women’s Movement Suffrage – A General Overview History

The Women’s Suffrage Movement’s century-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the U.S. campaign was an on-going struggle. During the 1820’s – ’30s, most states granted voting rights exclusively to all white men, regardless of income or land ownership… Read more

View a General Women’s History Timeline
Visit the Women’s History Exhibit and Timeline Online – National Women’s History Museum

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Photo of Members of the Women's National Party holding flags and a banner

Members of the Women’s National Party

Photo of Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony,
Women’s Rights Activist

Photo of women holdings signs advocating the right to vote

Women Advocate for the Right to Vote

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State of Delaware Women’s Suffrage Videos & Interviews

Interview with Dr. Lanette Edwards at Delaware State University – October 2019

Interview with Dr. Reba Hollingsworth at Delaware State University – October 2019

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Articles, Blog Posts, and Related Items

Women Arrested for Illegally Voting in 1872 / View actual related documents (1872)
U.S. National Archives / DOCSTeach
Women’s Rights – Equal Rights Amendment
U.S. National Archives
The Story of U.S. Representative Jeannette Rankin and “Women Run for U.S. Congress, but Cannot Vote” (1914 – 1917)
U.S. National Archives Blog
The Story of the “Isabelle Villiers and the Hello Girls” (1917)
U.S. National Archives – Pieces of History
Harry T. Burn and his mother Febb E. Burn – The Vote Which Led to the 19th Amendment(1920)
Constitution Daily Blog – The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
Belva Lockwood & The U.S. Supreme Court – “Women First Allowed to Argue Supreme Court Cases”
Constitution Daily Blog – The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
Woman Suffrage Centennial – “The Senate and Women’s Fight for the Vote”
United States Senate (website)

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Celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Centennial by making sure you’re registered to vote.

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Related Topics: 19th Amendment, Delaware House Concurrent Resolution 21, women suffrage, women suffrage resources, Women's Suffrage Movement, Women's Vote 100, Women's Vote Delaware Centennial, womens history