Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote

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Overview & Historical Background

The resources below may be useful for locating additional information on the suffrage movement. The amount of material available on the Suffrage Movement makes it difficult to create a comprehensive list; thus this is meant to only be a starting point.

• The Declaration of Sentiments
• The Declaration of Independence
  The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after the Declaration of Independence, a document that as familiar to everyone.
• Declaration of Rights for Women (or Women's Rights Declaration) written by the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), presented at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1876 as part of the Centennial celebrations.
• The Constitution of the United States
• Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights)
• Amendments 11-27
• H-Women, Michigan State University, includes bibliographies that cover various aspects of the Suffrage Movement
• History of the Suffrage Movement, University of Rochester
• The History of Women's Suffrage, World Book (TM)
• The National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, The Library of Congress, American Memory
• National Women's History Project
• One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview, The Library of Congress, American Memory
• Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection
• Seneca Falls Convention, July 19-20,  1848, National Portrait Gallery
• Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920, Library of Congress, American Memory
• Women and Social Movements in the United States,  1830 - 1930, State University of New York at Binghamton
• Women's History Workshop, Assumption College
• Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment, National Archives and Records Administration
• 75 Suffragists, University of Maryland

Updated March 27, 2011

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