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Women's Suffrage Museum Events & Cultural Center

Mission statement for Suffrage Coalition Inc.’s Project: Women’s Suffrage Museum – Events & Culture Center - Locate and preserve the epic history of the movement that brought democracy to the other half of our citizens. Use accurate, immersive storytelling to inspire future generations to value their rights and faithfully perform their duties as citizens.

RECOMMENDED READING

Foundational Works on Women’s Suffrage
  • Century of Struggle, by Eleanor Flexner
  • History of Woman Suffrage (Six Volumes) Edited, by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper
  • Jailed for Freedom, by Dora Stevens
  • Life and Times of Susan B. Anthony (Three Volumes), by Ida Husted Harper
  • The Ideas of the Women Suffrage Movement 1890-1920, by Aileen S. Kraditor
  • The Story of the Woman’s Party, by Inez Haynes Gilmore
  • Winning the Vote: The American Woman Suffrage Movement, by Robert P.J. Cooner
  • Alice Paul:  Claiming Power, by J.D. Zahniser & Amelia R. Fry

Tennessee & the Perfect 36

  • The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage, by Carol Lynn Yellin and Janann Sherman
  • The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, by Elaine Weiss
  • Votes for Women!: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Tennessee, the South, and the Nation, by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler
Youth & Family Recommendations
    • Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles, by Mara Rockliff (picture book)
    • Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote, by Kirsten Gillibrand, illustrated by Maira Kalman
    • How Women Won the Vote, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
    • Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, by Claire Rudolf Murphy
    • The Big Day, by Terry Lee Caruthers
    • The Woman’s Hour (Young Readers Edition), by Elaine Weiss (a youth-friendly version of Tennessee’s decisive vote)

    Video List:

    • Alice Paul: We Were Arrested of Course, by Jane Moore, Elaine Prater Hodges
    • A Vote of Her Own, by Candace Corrigan
    • Bad Romance, by Soomo on YouTube
    • Equality: A History of the Women’s Movement in American, by Schlessinger Video Productions.
    • Fighting for the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in America, by Lucasfilm on YouTube 6/26/24
    • Forward into Light, by Matha Wheelock
    • Harry T. Burn interview, by Tamis on Vimeo
    • How Southern Women Won the Vote, by Candace Corrigan
    • In Search of Heros: Susan B Anthony Story, by Grace Production Cooperation
    • Iron Jawed Angels, by Katja von Garnier.
    • Not For Ourselves Alone, by Ken Burns
    • One Woman One Vote, by Susan Sarandon
    • The Equal Rights Amendment: Unfinished Business for the Constitution, by Ruth Pollak
    • The Perfect 36, by Candace Corrigan

    A Living Library

    These books represent only a portion of the vast literature on women’s suffrage. Together, they provide insight into the movement’s leaders, strategies, and sacrifices — and the vital role Tennessee played in securing the vote.

    Many of these works will be available for purchase in the Women’s Suffrage Museum gift shop when we open in 2028.