US History: Women

a dynamic digital platform produced by filmmakers Dyllan McGee, Betsy West, and Peter Kunhardt, developed by AOL, showcasing hundreds of compelling stories from women of today and tomorrow. This historic video initiative features exclusive access to trailblazing women - both known and unknown

National Portrait Gallery

In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four other women invited the public to the First Women's Rights Convention to discuss expanding the role of women in America. At the end of the two days, 100 people made a public commitment to work together to improve women’s quality of life.

Women's Suffrage--the right of women to vote--was won twice in Utah. It was granted first in 1870 by the territorial legislature but revoked by Congress in 1887 as part of a national effort to rid the territory of polygamy. It was restored in 1895, when the right to vote and hold office was written into the constitution of the new state.

Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections

The issues: Should the 14th Amendment be interpreted as guaranteeing to women the right to vote? How did women finally win the right to vote?

Washington Women's History Consortium

The Library of Congress has extensive and varied resources related to the campaign for woman suffrage in the United States.

The Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership

The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. (Library of Congress)

military, work, home

military, work, home

Welcome to the National Park Service’s first on-line exhibit of artifacts, photos and stories of the American World War II Home Front. This exhibit is a small sample from thousands of items donated to us from across the country.