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A man dressed in colonial garb stands in the doorway of a building labeled "Votes for Women Convention," and bows to an approaching suffragist in this cartoon. The suffragist represents the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association and she carries a…

A political cartoon celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment shows Uncle Sam holding a baby, representing women's suffrage, while a woman looks proudly on from a doorway labeled "Tennessee," the last state needed to ratify the amendment. A…

In this political cartoon we see Uncle Sam, dressed as a policeman, watching a suffragist who is armed with a brick labeled "anarchy," a bomb labeled militancy," and a torch labeled "arson," as she prepares to smash a window labeled "American Law &…

Speech given by Roessing to the Pennsylvania Club Women which links the Suffrage movement to the anti-slavery movement one hundred years after the first Anti-Slavery Convention held in London, England.

This guide provides resources for research on key events and people in the Suffrage movement beginning in 1776 and leading up to the 19th Amendment.

This transcript describes the history and impact of Pittsburgh's B-PEP, the Black Political Empowerment Project after just its first year. B-PEP was founded in 1986 and continues its work today into 2020.

This poster advertises a free campaign rally for Presidential candidate and Congresswoman from New York, Shirley Chisholm. The rally was held at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. In addition to advertising the event, the poster also…

This panel is part of a comic strip created by Fred Wright, staff cartoonist for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). Wright gives context in the strip to the fact that labor leaders supported the women's suffrage…

The Justice Bell made a stop on the Square in downtown Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1915. Weighing in at one ton, the Justice Bell is a bronze replica of the Liberty Bell, with a few differences such as the addition of "establish JUSTICE" in…

This newsletter was instrumental in distributing information about the Suffrage movement. It was the primary means of getting the message out.