LibGuides: Women's Suffrage in the United States: Suffrage Resources @ USU

USU Books & E-Books Examples

These are just a few examples of books and e-books available from the USU Library Catalog. To search for others, type your search terms in the Quick Search box on the Library homepage, and then find and apply either the “Book (Print)” or “Ebook” filter under “Format” in the left sidebar. Note that you may need to click “more” to find those options in the list and that they will not appear in the list if there are no results in that format for your search term.

Special Collections & Archives

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Women's Suffrage Bibliography

Digital Resources

Anti-Suffrage: Ten Good Reasons
Anti-suffragists opposed the push for the 19th amendment. This book “is concerned with answering the arguments of suffragists who claim the full rights of citizenship for all women.”
Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times
Published in 1915, this book features a collection of poems documenting the push for suffrage. Many of the poems were originally posted in the New York Tribune.
Accessible Archives Women’s Suffrage Collection
This collection of newspapers includes The Lily (1849-1856); National Citizen & Ballot Box (1878-1881); The Revolution (1868-1872); The New Citizen (1909-1912); The Western Woman Voter (1911-1913); and The Remonstrance (1890-1913).

STREAMING VIDEO

These are just a few examples of online videos available from the USU Library Catalog. To search for others, type your search terms in the Quick Search box on the Library homepage, and then find and apply the “Streaming Video” filter under “Format” in the left sidebar. Note that you may need to click “more” to find “Streaming Video” in the list and that it will not appear in the list if there are no results in that format for your search term.

Government Information

ProQuest Congressional
Use the search term “woman suffrage” and limit your search by either date (1880-1920) or by Congressional Committee. The Senate held hearings and produced reports on the subject under both the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Woman Suffrage.

Congressional Record, Senate, June 4, 1919
The Senate passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. Read the official record of their debates – free from the Government Publishing Office. Senators Smoot and King represented Utah.

Questions, Kudos, or Comments?

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