“The use of the colors purple, green, and white to represent women’s history seem have their roots in the suffrage movement in England. They were the colors of the Women’s Suffrage and ...

Because — for the most part — it was not,” said Cathleen Cahill, historian and author of the book “Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement.” ...

This color has been linked to prestige and high status for centuries, while also being embraced by modern movements like ...

She Resisted explores the final decade of the women’s suffrage movement through its most powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington ...

Our collections contain primary source material relating to the campaign for women’s suffrage. The majority of this collection forms part of the Women’s Library, whose roots are founded in the ...

Gloria Steinem on the role of women of color in the suffrage movement Feminist writer, author and activist Gloria Steinem said that Black, indigenous and other American women of color were ...

A monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement will be placed on the National Mall after President Joe Biden signed the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act into law.

The Constitutional Amendment Act passed on December 18, 1894. What became known as the Women's Suffrage Centenary Tapestries project was developed as a community arts initiative. One tapestry ...

They could not keep their own property and money. How did women try to change this position? Suffrage societies were formed in the 19th century and came together to form the National Union of ...