The 19th Amendment

August 16, 2020 | SuzyQ

On June 4, 1919, the United States Senate passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting American women the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 when Tennessee cast the deciding vote. Learn about the historic struggle for women's suffrage from the following resources found in the Library's collection.

Amendment XIX : granting women the right to vote
Mr. President, how long must we wait? : Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the fight for the right to vote by Tina Cassidy
Gilded suffragists : the New York socialites who fought for women's right to vote by Johanna Neuman
The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote by 1952- Elaine F. Weiss
One woman, one vote [videodisc]
Women's suffrage in America : an eyewitness history by Elizabeth Frost-Knappman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton : an American life by Lori D Ginzberg
Not for ourselves alone [videodisc] : the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Notorious Victoria: the life of Victoria Woodhull, uncensored by 1955- Mary Gabriel
Why They Marched : Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware
The vote [videodisc]
The women's suffrage movement
Exploring women's suffrage through 50 historic treasures by Jessica D. Jenkins
Suffrage : women's long battle for the vote by 1947- Ellen Carol DuBois
Eighty years and more : reminiscences, 1815-1897 by 1815-1902 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
To keep the waters troubled : the life of Ida B. Wells by Linda McMurry Edwards
A civil life in an uncivil time : Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose by Paula Whitacre
Crystal Eastman : a revolutionary life by Amy Aronson