The Suffrage Special was an event created by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in 1916. The Suffrage Special toured the "free states" which had...

Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first...

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women...

This timeline highlights milestones in women's suffrage in the United States, particularly the right of women to vote in elections at federal and state...

Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one...

from which they could effectively push for greater political rights and suffrage.  The involvement of women such as Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah...

Rogers, Townsend Scott, Helen Todd, and Marjory Whittemore on the Suffrage Special tour, during which the women spoke publicly, distributed literature...

voting rights. Todd campaigned for women's suffrage across the United States and was an envoy on the Suffrage Special. After women won the right to vote, she...

active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes...

Women's suffrage was established in the United States on a full or partial basis by various towns, counties, states, and territories during the latter...