Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920

Women's Suffrage Map

Historical Era:

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Keywords:

Suffrage 19th Amendment

Year Created: 1920

Historical Theme:

Women's History Reform Identity Culture

Collection:

Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman

Categories of Documents:

Description:

This map records the level of voting rights achieved by women in different states before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Source: Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records, 1909–1938, Accession 22002, Library of Virginia

Link to content:

https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/the-rights-of-the-people-women-are-…