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EQUALITY DAY: How the 19th Amendment Finally Became Law in August 1920
By Maud Wood Park
This account of the final days before ratification of the woman suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution comes from the closing chapter in suffrage leader Maud Wood Park’s first-person account, “Front Door Lobby.” It has been slightly edited for length from [...]

New York Battles for Equal Suffrage 95 Years Ago
Part 2
 

2012 marks the 95th anniversary of New York women winning the right to vote on November 6, 1917. Here is the second part of a brief summary of what New York suffragists actually did to win in 1917, adapted from the text of “Winning the Vote: [...]

New York Battles for Equal Suffrage 95 Years Ago, Part 1
2012 marks the 95th anniversary of New York women winning the right to vote on November 6, 1917.  The suffragists’ spectacular electoral campaign, waged during the trials of World War I, changed American history and led directly to passage of the 19th amendment and the [...]