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Capital Campus Library

Capital Women's Suffrage

Introduction

Here is your guide for research on the Women's Suffrage Movement, the Women's Right to Vote and the19th Amendment at the Arthur C. Banks Library. Notice the tabs along the top of the screen; select the one that best matches your informational need.

Women's suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying placards with the signatures of more than a million women.

Black and white photo. Women's suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying large white placards.

Women Suffragettes

You can locate information about the following individuals by selecting the databases page on this guide. Under general knowledge, select biography databases. You can also find information in history databases.

  • Sadie Adams
  • Jane Addams
  • Naomi Anderson
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elnora Monroe Babcock
  • Ida B. Wells- Barnett
  • Antoinette Brown Blackwell
  • Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
  • Olympia Brown
  • Lucy Burns
  • Carrie Chapman Catt
  • Sara Bard Field
  • Nellie Griswold Francis
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn
  • Julia Ward Howe​
  • Adelaide Johnson
  • Adella Hunt Logan
  • Virginia Minor
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Alice Paul
  • Jeannette Rankin
  • Margaret Sanger
  • Julia Sears
  • Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
  • The Smiths of Glastonbury, CT
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Lucy Stone
  • Helen Taft
  • Lydia Taft
  • Mary Church Terrell
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Victoria Woodhull