The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote Press Kit

The Awakening

Explore this interactive map to discover how women's suffrage at the state level paved the way for the 19th Amendment.

The Debates

Explore the range of arguments that were advanced in the long fight for women's suffrage - and listen to the debates.

Drafting Table

See how universal suffrage proposals first emerged and evolved to end gender discrimination in voting.

Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment

Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives

Ballot box for women’s votes, ca. 1870-92

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

Printing of the Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

Anonymous Collection

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Anti-suffrage fan from Massachusetts, 1915

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

Button with velvet pants: “Who Shall Wear Them?”

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

“Under the 19th Amendment, I cast my first vote” ribbon, 1920

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

“We’ll Show You When We Come to Vote” sheet music, ca. 1869

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

Letter written by Susan B. Anthony reflecting upon her illegal attempt to vote, 1873

Garrison Family Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections

“Votes for Women” sash

Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers

Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Myers