Curated Video
Coverture
Coverture severely restricted women’s political, financial, and personal rights and was imported to the American colonies as a part of English common law. It affected the lives of all American women and although it has been diminished...
History Hub
Emmeline Pankhurst's Hartford 'Freedom or Death' Speech 1913
An actor's reading of Emmeline Pankhurst's Hartford 'Freedom of Death' speech from November 1913.
Curated Video
Who has the Right to Vote in the United States?
Puerto Ricans pays taxes but can't vote in Presidential Elections. While in Chicago, between 2006 and 2016, 199 dead voted from beyond the grave! So how does voting law really work in the United States?
Curated Video
Mary Church Terrell: Championing Suffrage and Civil Rights
Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.
60 Second Histories
Women’s Social and Political Union
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the WSPU; the Women’s Social and Political Union
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Former Pres. Theodore Roosevelt speaking to crowd outdoors in 1917
Quick shot side view of Theodore Roosevelt addressing an outdoor suffragette rally at his Sagamore Hill home
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
David Marshall wins Singapore's first general election marking the beginning of self-rule; women's suffrage results in big turnout
Title: "Elections In Singapore" superimposed over PAN Singapore skyline / CU Election posters on wall / CU Election poster; part in English says "Our Vote Is Secret" / PAN banner reads: "Your Future Depends On Labour Front Victory - Vote...
Hearst Metrotone News
A woman hits two dumbbells together while exercising.
A woman hits two dumbbells together while exercising.
Curated Video
Commission Aims To Commemorate, Preserve Women's Suffrage Stories
The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission hopes this year's commemoration will prompt Americans to learn more about women's historical contributions.
Hearst Metrotone News
A montage shows the progression towards the vote on Women's Suffrage.
A montage shows the progression towards the vote on Women's Suffrage.
Hearst Metrotone News
U.S. Vice President Thomas Marshall ratifies the 19th amendment on August 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
U.S. Vice President Thomas Marshall ratifies the 19th amendment on August 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
Hearst Metrotone News
Susan B. Anthony and her followers win for women the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony and her followers win for women the right to vote.
Sky News
Labour's shadow cabinet meets at the Museum of London to mark 100 Years since the passing of the Representation of the People Act
<> on February 06, 2018 in...
Bridgeman Arts
Suffragette Emily Davidson is hit by galloping horse at the Espom Derby, 4th June 1913
Suffragette Emily Davidson protests for women's right to vote by stepping in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby on 4th June 1913, sustaining injuries that resulted in her death four days later.
Bridgeman Arts
Suffragette parade in New York, c.1915
Suffragettes in New York, USA, march the streets, parading with banners and flags.
Hearst Metrotone News
Suffragettes carrying signs and banners march in front of the capitol building in Albany, New York.
Suffragettes carrying signs and banners march in front of the capitol building in Albany, New York.
PBS
Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020
Catalytic events wake people up. For Mary Church Terrell the lynching of her friend Thomas Moss lead to her involvement in the catalytic events of suffrage, anti-lynching, and desegregation. Learn more about this amazing woman and her...