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VOTES FOR WOMENThe year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Ammendment,
guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. In celebration of this
milestone of democracy, we’ve curated this digital display consisting of books and
movies available at the Elyria Public Library System.
If you would like to place a hold on one of these items, call your preferred Elyria Public
Library branch or click on the item’s cover to be directed to the online catalog where you
can order the item right from your computer or mobile device.
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
by Elaine F. Weiss
Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve
have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennes-
see, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing
forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and
a lot of racists who don’t want black women voting. And then there are the ‘Antis’--women
who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the moral collapse
of the nation. They all converge in a boiling hot summer for a vicious face-off replete with
dirty tricks, betrayals and bribes, bigotry, Jack Daniel’s, and the Bible.
In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cody Stanton
by Elisabeth Griffith
The first comprehensive, fully documented biography of the most important woman
suffragist and feminist reformer in nineteenth-century America, In Her Own Right restores
Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. Griffith emphasizes the significance of
role models and female friendships in Stanton’s progress toward personal and political
independence. In Her Own Right is, in the author’s words,
an “unabashedly ‘great woman’ biography.”
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
by Geoffrey C. Ward
Stanton and Anthony were close friends, partners, and allies, but judging from their
backgrounds they would seem an unlikely pair. Stanton was born into the prominent
Livingston clan in New York, grew up wealthy, educated, and sociable, married and had a
large family of her own. Anthony, raised in a devout Quaker environment, worked to support
herself her whole life, elected to remain single, and devoted herself to progressive causes,
initially Temperance, then Abolition. They were nearly total opposites in their personalities
and attributes, yet complemented each other’s strengths perfectly. Stanton was a gifted
writer and radical thinker, full of fervor and radical ideas but pinned down by her
reponsibilities as wife and mother, while Anthony, a tireless and single-minded tactician, was
eager for action, undaunted by the terrible difficulties she faced. As Stanton put it, “I forged
the thunderbolts, she fired them.”
Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
by Kirsten Gillibrand
Off the Sidelines is a playbook for women who want to step up, whether in Congress or the
boardroom or the local PTA. If women were fully represented in politics, Gillibrand says,
national priorities would shift to issues that directly impact them: affordable daycare, paid
family medical leave, and equal pay. Pulling back the curtain on Beltway politics, she speaks
candidly about her legislative successes (securing federally funded medical care for 9/11
first responders, repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell) and her crushing disappointments (failing by
five votes to pass a bill protecting survivors of sexual assault in the military).
Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
by Lynn Sherr
Juxtaposed with contemporary reports and biographical essays, the words of this legendary
suffragist reveal Susan B. Anthony as a loyal, caring friend, and an eloquent, humorous
crusader. “More than a collection of well-arranged quotations, the work informs, inspires,
and gives historical perspective”.
Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote
by Ellen Carol DuBois
DuBois explains how suffragists built a determined coalition of moderate lobbyists and
radical demonstrators in forging a strategy of winning voting rights in crucial states to set
the stage for securing suffrage for all American women in the Constitution. In vivid prose
DuBois describes suffragists’ final victories in Congress and state legislatures, culminating in
the last, most difficult ratification, in Tennessee.
DuBois follows women’s efforts to use their voting rights to win political office, increase their
voting strength, and pass laws banning child labor, ensuring maternal health, and securing
greater equality for women.
Suffragette (2015)
Starring Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, and Helena Bonham Carter
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the
women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The
story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she
is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the
outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside
women from all walks of life.
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Starring Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, Frances O’Connor, and Julia Ormond
DuBois explains how suffragists built a determined coalition of moderate lobbyists and
radical demonstrators in forging a strategy of winning voting rights in crucial states to set
the stage for securing suffrage for all American women in the Constitution. In vivid prose
DuBois describes suffragists’ final victories in Congress and state legislatures, culminating in
the last, most difficult ratification, in Tennessee.
NPR American Chronicles: Women’s Equality
by Susan Stamber
NPR explores the issues, struggles, and triumphs of the American women’s movement,
from the early pioneers to the leaders of today who fight to preserve hard-won rights. This
inspiring, thought-provoking collection spotlights the early suffragists, unsung heroes, and
prime movers behind the modern movement and considers the future of women’s rights in
America and the world.
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
by Carla Diane Hayden
The campaign for women’s suffrage—considered the largest reform movement in Amer-
ican history—lasted more than seven decades. The struggle was not for the fainthearted.
For years, determined women organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, picketed,
and faced imprisonment in pursuit of the right to vote. Drawing from the Library’s extensive
collections of photographs, personal papers, and the organizational records of such figures
as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, Carrie Chapman Catt, the
National Woman’s Party, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Shall Not
Be Denied traces the movement leading to the women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls,
the contributions of suffragists who worked to persuade women that they deserved the
same rights as men, the divergent political strategies and internal divisions they overcame,
the push for a federal women’s suffrage amendment, and the legacy of the movement.
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