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Tunxis Women's Suffrage

This guide describes sources and strategies for research into Women's Suffrage in the United States.

Using Primary Sources

Recommended Databases

Books

Hartford Courant

New York Times Free Subscription

While on campus or connected to your school network, visit AccessNYT.com

Create a complimentary account for Tunxis users with your student email address.

With the pass, you can log into the NYTimes mobile app

and view articles from the New York Times Archives, from 1851 to present.

Suffrage Newspapers

Maryland Suffrage News

Votes for Women and The New Citizen (Several digitized papers from a Washington State suffrage publication)

Connecticut State Library Archives

Take a peek at how archives arrange original items--records, letters, buttons, banners, etc.--with this Finding Aid for the Connecticut Women's Suffrage Association.

Unlike libraries, where individual items are identified, archives group items by category. Most of the material must be seen in person at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford. However, the Finding Aid links to some digitized records in its Container List.