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This page lists various resources that discuss issues relating to the the fight for women's suffrage and how women of color played a part in that fight. You will find books, films, government documents, and search suggestions on this page. This is not a comprehensive list of resources. It is meant as a jumping off point for individual research.
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Selected Books
Selected Media Resources
Fannie Lou Hamer: Short Clip telling story
Ida B. Wells a Passion for Justice
Available on DVD at Milner Library (call number: E185.97 .W55 I3 2004)
American Experience: The Vote
Available to stream directly from PBS site. Streaming link expires 07/05/23
"One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history."
Women's Suffrage: The Untold Story of Black Women in its History
Available to stream directly from University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law YouTube channel.
19th Amendment and Women’s Rights: 100th Anniversary
Available to stream directly from University of Texas website.
"To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, Jeremi brings on Dr. Lisa Tetrault to discuss the untold history and the memory of the intersectional struggle for women’s suffrage that continues in the form of voter disenfranchisement today."
UnLadyLike2020: Mary Church Terrell
Available to stream directly from UnLadyLike site.
"UNLADYLIKE2020 is a series of 26 short films and a one-hour documentary profiling diverse and little-known American women from the turn of the 20th century, and contemporary women who follow in their footsteps. Winner of the 2020 Women Transforming Media award, the series premiered on PBS’s American Masters in honor of the centennial of women's suffrage, and is narrated by acclaimed actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint."
UnLadyLike2020: Zitkála-Šá
Available to stream directly from UnLadyLike site.
"UNLADYLIKE2020 is a series of 26 short films and a one-hour documentary profiling diverse and little-known American women from the turn of the 20th century, and contemporary women who follow in their footsteps. Winner of the 2020 Women Transforming Media award, the series premiered on PBS’s American Masters in honor of the centennial of women's suffrage, and is narrated by acclaimed actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint."
Government Documents and Collected Writings
- The Writings of Black Women Suffragists: An IntroductionLink to Milner catalog record for an online collection of documents.
- The Black Woman Suffragists CollectionLink to Milner catalog record for an online collection of documents.
Other Interesting Resources
- Women of Color and the Fight for Women’s SuffrageCreated by The California Commission on the Status of Women