women's suffrage

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Her show “Suffs,” which is about the women’s suffrage movement leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, opens Tuesday at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre as part of its inaugural national tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

"Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of slavery to women's suffrage and prison reform."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Reacting to this concentration of wealth and power, a progressive movement emerged, advocating for new public “institutional” stabilizers like labor rights, women's suffrage, estate taxation, social security, antitrust legislation and effective regulation.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

Between 1909 and 1971, the Constitution was amended 11 more times—on average, about twice per decade—to do things like guarantee women’s suffrage, bar poll taxes, and include the District of Columbia in the Electoral College.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Lucy Stone did not attend the meeting, and she objected to excluding men from the organization, arguing that her husband had worked as hard as anyone else for women’s suffrage in Kansas.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling