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The Best Books on the Women's Suffrage Fight
By From the 19th Amendment to Title IX and ERA In Between
By From the 19th Amendment to Title IX and ERA In Between
In this list, you'll find books about the woman suffrage fight for adults and children.
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Elaine Weiss
$18.00 $16.74The state of Tennessee was the final battleground for the suffragists, who needed the approval of 36 states to win the right to vote. Adult.
Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Susan Ware
$26.95 $25.06Reaching beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, a historian tells the untold stories of everyday women who backed the cause. Adult.
Women Win the Vote!: 19 for the 19th Amendment
Nancy B. Kennedy and Katy Dockrill
$19.95In "Women Win the Vote!" I map the road to the 19th Amendment through the lives of 19 fierce women who paved the way by upending tradition and breaking down barriers. Ages 9 and up.
Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell
Alison M. Parker
$43.13Mary Church Terrell was a prominent activist for suffrage and the civil rights of African Americans from reform movement of the late 1800s to the civil rights movement of the 1950s. Adult.
Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement
Cathleen D. Cahill
$32.14The diverse group of women profiled in this book propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights. Adult.
A Vote for Women: Celebrating the Women's Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment
$49.99 $46.49
This fully illustrated hardcover book charts the history of the women’s movement’s fight to claim the vote, and the advances that have resulted from that victory. Adult.
And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote
Johanna Neuman
$38.95This book traces the fight for the vote over two centuries, from the Revolutionary War to the Civil Rights era. Adult.
She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next
Bridget Quinn
$35.00 $32.55She Votes is the story of the women who won suffrage, and those who have continued to raise their voices for equality ever since. Adult.
Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote
Tina Cassidy
$18.99An inspiring account of the complex relationship between suffrage leader Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson. Adult.
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Evette Dionne
$19.99 $18.59The story of African American women in black church groups, female sororities, women's charitable societies and social clubs who formed their own suffrage groups when white suffrage groups refused them entry. Adult.
The Voice That Won the Vote: How One Woman's Words Made History
Elisa Boxer and Vivien Mildenberger
$16.99 $15.80The 19th Amendment was ratified because a young man listened to his mother. Ages 7-10.
Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
Kirsten Gillibrand and Maira Kalman
$18.99 $17.66Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tells the stories of 10 leaders who worked to win the right to vote for American women. Ages 6-9.
Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles
Mara Rockliff and Hadley Hooper
$16.99In 1916, two suffragists set out on a 10,000 mile road trip around the country drumming up support for the vote. Ages 5-8.
Maye's March for Women's Votes
Amy Houts
$9.98Nonfiction book based on the diary of Vera Maye Shipps, a 19-year old trombone player who participated in the 1913 suffrage march in Washington, DC. Ages 9-12.
The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898
Lisa Tetrault
$37.38Early suffrage leaders consolidated their place in history with the publication of their "History of the Woman Suffrage," a book that both perpetuated an origin story and invented the modern discipline of women's history. Adult.
Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote
Doris Stevens
$19.95 $18.55Suffragist Doris Stevens wrote this first-hand account of the fight for the vote shortly after the 19th Amendment was ratified. Adult.
Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote
Dean Robbins and Nancy Zhang
$17.99This picture book introduces young readers to Alice Paul, the suffragist and women's rights activist who went head-to-head with President Woodrow Wilson to win the vote. Ages 4-8.
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
$39.95 $37.15
A collection of portraits, photographs, drawings, paintings, prints and textiles and other visual media accompanies this narrative that tells the suffrage story. Adult.
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
Ann Bausum
$21.95Suffragists were skilled seamstresses who put their talents to use in creating banners, sashes, pennants and other suffrage symbols, which the author weaves into her story of the suffrage fight. Ages 12 and up.
Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote
Todd Hasak-Lowy and Susan Zimet
$19.99The personal cost that women suffered to win the right to vote is chronicled in this book. Ages 9 and up.
Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
Tanya Lee Stone and Rebecca Gibbon
$8.99 $8.36This picture book tells the story of early suffrage leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who powered the fight for the vote for decades. Ages 6-10.
Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, et al.
$5.99 $5.57An introduction to suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony from the "Who Was" series. Ages 8-12.
Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker
Susan Campbell
$28.95The life of suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister to Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Adult.
Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women's Right to Vote
Johanna Neuman
$106.80Wealthy socialites whose names we still know today -- Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt and more -- backed the suffrage cause with their time and resources. Adult.
The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote
Brooke Kroeger
$109.25The story of how a group of forward-thinking men came together to help women gain the right to vote. Adult.
