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    Ware, Susan (2020).  Leaving All to Younger Hands: Why the history of the women’s Suffragist movement matters. Leav ing All to Younger Hands: Why the History of the Women’s Suffragist Movement Matters |  Brookings

  This article provides insights into how difficult it was for women to maintain the movements; it also provides information on our first historians and how they were the instigators of the whole movement. The First Historians were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, they brought women together who were in the movement all around the United States of America. The article also discusses how the 19th Amendment was introduced to Congress in 1878, however, it took 41 years before it was passed to the House of Representatives and the Senate. This article serves as significant because it gives me different insights into how women maintain the movements and how many of the organization was ran by different leaders.

Wheeler, Everett (1915) The Case Against Woman Suffrage: a manual for speakers, debaters, lecturers, writers, and anyone who wants the facts. (New York City: Man-Suffrage Association )  

  Mr. Wheeler discusses the history of how the women’s suffrage movement got started, and what the historians were doing at the time when women’s rights were illegal. Mr. Wheeler also came up with some facts at the beginning of his article on how to discuss questions with the extension of political suffrage to all women who 21 years or older. With Mr. Wheeler being an anti-suffrage activist, almost everything in his article is him disagreeing or comparing us women to men. This article was important to me because hearing another opinion from a men’s point of view is very important to me. I get to hear the sides of the story, and what exactly they disagree or agree upon us women.

Clark, Walter (1888). Votes for Women: Why and Why Not?   County and municipal suffrage for women constitutional; tax on the unearned increment; the poll tax in North Carolina (1919?)  Women’s Suffrage Primary Sources – Special Collections & Archives – ZSR Library (wfu.edu)

  This article reflects on him giving a statement on or against women suffrage. His article states facts on how different states who are voting that women have equal suffrage, might jeopardize the presidential election in 1920. Mr. Clark’s article helped me understand on it is important to look at all aspects of a topic. This article is important to me because he provides useful information on different opinions that others had. For example, like presidents and judges and so agreed on Women Suffrage and most did not.

   Jones, Martha (2019). How Black Suffragists Fought for the Right to Vote and Modicum of Respect.

  Ms. Jones article discusses on how a black women name Hallie Quinn Brown fought for black women rights. She gives information on how Ms. Quinn spoke out about how women who were slaves were being brutalized and how she needed support,  being the president of the National Association of Colored Women, she felt the need to support other colored women. Additionally, Ms. jones article gives information on how women continue to experience segregationist and discriminatory in the south. In 2020, American women witness working against voter suppression and not having full access to polls. This article was important to me because Martha S. Jones article gave me informative information on what’s going on in present day as far as women suffrage. Her article was very diverse, as far discussing what’s going on in the past and in the future.

Weiss, Elaine (2018). The woman’s Hour: The Great fight to win the vote. 

She gives an short summary on the 1920 Women Suffrage ratification, and how women was granted the rights to vote after seven decades of legal battles. In her book she basically wrote about women demanding equity under the laws and demanding that their voices be heard. This article was so significant to me because Weiss  compares present tense and past tense and how women is still dealing with political freedom. 

Songstad, Nicole (2023). Speech- Giving and the Woman Suffrage Movement. Exploring Government Databases for Women’s Voices. Discover – Articles results for women suffrage (osu.edu)

This citation is one that I found from my I own research, this article is about women suffrage in the United States and how it was a major milestone in women’s fight for political, social and economic equality. Additionally, how The National American Woman Suffrage Association was the largest most influential organization that was formed in 1890. I feel as though this article is important to my topic because it helped me answer some of my research questions from major project 1. I also gained knowledge from exploring and researching other articles.

Alonso, Harriet (1989). Suffragist for Peace During the Interwar Years 1919-1941

This article was used in my major Project 2, this article helped me make connections to major project 1. This article introduced the different types of organizations, leaders and additionally gave information on the 19th amendment. This reading is important to because it’s the large piece of how my research got started.

Hunter, Nan D., (2021) In search Of Equity for Women: From Suffrage to Civil Rights. Discover  – Articles results for women suffrage (osu.edu)

I discovered this article through the Ohio State University Catalog, its very informative about the analyzation of women’s rights advocacy and the impact it had on gender equity during the period of trying to achieve the Women Suffrage. This article is very important because it was one of the most important factor while researching for this topic.

Gabin, Nancy (2022). Women, Suffrage, and Politics in Indiana: An Introduction. Discover – Articles results for women suffrage (osu.edu)

This article was discovered by using my own research as we begin Major Project 3. It discusses how the state of Indiana conducted research on Women Suffrage by designing, planning and executing the importance of the event. Additionally, looking at historical libraries, archives and museums for public history on Women suffrage. This article important because it has an connection with major project 1, and how I had to find historical objects and explained how they were significant to me.

Sapiro, Virginia (2020). The Power and Fragility of Social Movement Coalitions: The Women Suffrage Movement to 1870. Discover – Articles results for women suffrage (osu.edu)

This article discusses the comparison and the relationships to other Women Suffrage Organizations. Additionally, how most of these organizations ran based off race, meaning no black women were allowed to be included. I think this article is important to me because it gives information on how the role of race has some affects to the Women Suffrage Movement.

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Woman Suffrage Bibliography

Anthony, Katharine, Susan B. Anthony: Her Personal History and Her Era , (Garden City: Doubleday, 1954).

Bacon, Margaret Hope, Valiant Friend, The Life of Lucretia Mott, (New York: Walker & Co., 1980).

Banner, Lois, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women’s Rights , (New York: Little Brown, 1980).

Barry, Kathleen, Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist , (New York: New York University Press, 1988).

Blackwell, Alice Stone, Lucy Stone, Pioneer Of Woman’s Rights , (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1930).

Buhle, Mari Jo and Paul Buhle, The Concise History of Woman Suffrage, (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978).

Catt, Carrie Chapman and Nettie Rogers Shuler, Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement , (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923).

Church Terrell, Mary, A Colored Woman In A White World , (Amherst, New York: Humanity Books, 2005).

Colman, Penny, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World , (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2011).

Cooney, Robert P. J., Jr., Winning the Vote The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement , (Santa Cruz: American Graphic Press, 2005).

Cooney, Robert P.J., Jr., Remembering Inez, The Last Campaign of Inez Milholland, Suffrage Martyr , (Half Moon Bay, CA: American Graphic Press, 2015).

Cooper, Anna Julia, A Voice From The South , Mineola, (New York: Dover Publications, 2016).

Dodson, Angela P., Remember The Ladies, Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box , (New York: Center Street, 2017). 

Dorr, Rheta Childe, Susan B. Anthony: The Woman Who Changed the Mind of a Nation , (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928).

DuBois, Ellen Carol, Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony: Correspondence, Writings, Speeches , Revised Edition, (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992).

DuBois, Ellen Carol, Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America, 1848-1869 , (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1978).

DuBois, Ellen Carol, Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage , (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997).

DuBois, Ellen Carol, Woman Suffrage and Women’s Rights , (New York: New York University Press, 1998).

DuBois, Ellen Carol, Suffrage – Women’s Long Battle For The Vote , (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020).

Flexner, Eleanor, Century of Struggle: The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975).

Giddings, Paula J., Ida, A Sword Among Lions , (New York: Amistad, 2008). 

Goodier, Susan, No Votes For Women: The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement , (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013).

Gordon, Ann D., The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony , 6 vols., (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1997-2013).

Gordon, Ann D. and Bettye Collier-Thomas, eds., African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965, (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997).

Gray White, Deborah, Too Heavy A Load, Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994 , (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999).

Griffith, Elisabeth, In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton , (New York: Oxford University Press, 1984).

Gifford, Carolyn De Swarte and Amy R, Slagell, eds, Let Something Good Be Said, Speeches and Writings of Frances E. Willard , (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007).

Harper, Ida Husted, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony , 3 vols.,(Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1899, 1908).

Irwin, Inez Haynes, The Story of Alice Paul and the Woman’s Party , (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1921).

James, Edward et al., eds., Notable American Women A Biographical Dictionary , 4 vols., (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971-1980).

Kraditor, Aileen, Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1890-1920, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1965).

Lutz, Alma, Susan B. Anthony: Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian, (Boston: Beacon, 1959).

Lutz, Alma, Created Equal: A Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton , 1815-1902, (New York: Day, 1940).

Ruiz, Vicki L. and Ellen Carol DuBois eds., Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women’s History , 2nd ed., (New York: Routledge, 1994).

Scott Duniway, Abigail, Path Breaking, An Autobiographical History of the Equal Suffrage Movement in Pacific Coast States , (New York: Schocken Books, 1971).

Scott, Anne Firor and Andrew M. Scott, One Half the People: The Fight for Woman Suffrage , (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975).

Sherr, Lynn, Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words , (New York: Times Books, 1995).

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper eds., History of Woman Suffrage. Volumes 1-3, (Rochester: 1887); Volume 4 by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, (Rochester: 1902); Volumes 5-6 by Ida Husted Harper, (New York: 1922).

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, Eighty Years And More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 , (New York: Schocken Books, 1971).

Stanton, Theodore and Harriot Stanton Blatch, Elizabeth Cady Stanton As Revealed in Her Letters, Diary, and Reminiscences , 2 vols., (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1922).

Stevens, Doris, Jailed For Freedom , (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920).

Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn, African American Women In The Struggle For The Vote, 1850-1920 , (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998). 

Truth, Sojourner, Narrative of Sojourner Truth , (New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005).

Wagner, Sally Roesch, ed., The Women’s Suffrage Movement , (New York: Penguin Books, 2019).

Walton, Mary, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot , (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Ward, Geoffrey and Ken Burns, Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999).

Ware, Susan, Why They Marched – Untold Stories Of The Women Who Fought For The Right To Vote (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019).

Weiss, Elaine, The Woman’s Hour, The Great Fight To Win The Vote (New York: Viking, 2018).

Wellman, Judith, The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Women’s Rights Convention , (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004).

Wells, Ida B., and Alfreda M. Duster, ed., Crusade For Justice, The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970).

Whaley, Charlotte, Nina Otero-Warren of Santa Fe, (Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2007).

Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill, ed., One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement , (Troutdale, OR: New Sage Press, 1995).

Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill, New Women of the New South: The Leaders of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the Southern States , (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).

Zahniser, J.D. and Amelia R. Fry, Alice Paul: Claiming Power , (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Ontiveros, Randy J.  In the Spirit of a New People: The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement . New York UP, 2014.

This book analyzes the journalism, visual arts, theater, and novels of the Chicano movement from 1960 to the present as articulations of personal and collective values. Chapter 3 grounds the theater of El Teatro Campesino in the labor and immigrant organizing of the period, while Chapter 4 situates Sandra Cisneros’s novel  Caramelo  in the struggles of Chicana feminists to be heard in the traditional and nationalist elements of the Chicano movement. Ontiveros provides a powerful and illuminating historical context for the literary and political texts of the movement.

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Alvarez, Nadia, and Jack Mearns. “The Benefits of Writing and Performing in the Spoken Word Poetry Community.”  The Arts in Psychotherapy , vol. 41, no. 3, July 2014, pp. 263-268.  ScienceDirect ,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.03.004 .

Spoken word poetry is distinctive because it is written to be performed out loud, in person, by the poet. The ten poets interviewed by these authors describe “a reciprocal relationship between the audience and the poet” created by that practice of performance. To build community, spoken word poets keep metaphor and diction relatively simple and accessible. Richness is instead built through fragmented stories that coalesce into emotional narratives about personal and community concerns.  This understanding of poets’ intentions illuminates their recorded performances.

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Alvarez, N. & Mearns, J. (2014). The benefits of writing and performing in the spoken word poetry community.  The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41 (3), 263-268.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.03.004 Prior research has shown narrative writing to help with making meaning out of trauma. This article uses grounded theory to analyze semi-structured interviews with ten spoken word poets.  Because spoken word poetry is performed live, it creates personal and community connections that enhance the emotional development and resolution offered by the practice of writing. The findings are limited by the small, nonrandom sample (all the participants were from the same community).

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