Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote. Beginning in the late 19th century, women sought to change the voting laws to allow them to vote. Women gained the right to vote in the United States after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. In the United Kingdom, women had equal suffrage with men in 1928. Most Canadian women gained suffrage between 1917-1919, however it wasn’t until 1960 that aboriginal women gained the right to vote. Native American women and women of color were often denied the right to vote in the United States until passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Read the recently published children’s book on this topic, then learn more at the website.
SUFFRAGETTE: THE BATTLE FOR EQUALITY by David Roberts celebrates dozens of key figures in the suffrage movement both in the US and the UK. Told chronologically, this highly illustrated work of nonfiction takes readers step-by-step through the long process. The book concludes by exploring key figures from around the world.
SHALL NOT BE DENIED is an online exhibit at the Library of Congress. The online resources are divided into five sections. Each section explores a time period in the Women’s Movement including key events, people, and primary sources.
Shall Not Be Denied https://bit.ly/3aJhEln
ARC courtesy of Walker Books, a vision of Candlewick Press.
