One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment was ratified making it so that the right to vote could not “be denied or abridged…on account of sex”. To commemorate the anniversary, we compiled an all-ages reading list that covers key figures and pivotal moments in the women’s suffrage movement. This list is by no means exhaustive. For further study, we encourage you to visitRightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote, an online exhibit at the National Archives Museum.
Picture Books
“Around America to Win the Vote” by Mara Rockcliff“The Voice That Won the Vote” by Elisa Boxer
Juvenile
“Bold and Brave” by Kristen Gillibrand“Elizabeth Cady Stanton” by Connie Colwell Miller“Suffragette: The Battle for Equality” by David Roberts“Women Win the Vote” by Nancy B. Kennedy
Young Adult
“Susan B. Anthony” by Teri Kanefield“Votes for Women!” by Winnifred Conkling
Non-Fiction
“Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote” by Ellen Carol DuBois“The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote” by Elaine Weiss“Women’s Suffrage in America” by Elizabeth Frost and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont
