Women's Vote Centennial Initiative

Centennial Learning Center

Biographical Articles

For information on lesser-known suffragists, see: Online Biographical Dictionary of American Suffragists.

Nina Allender

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

Mary Ritter Beard

Mary Ritter Beard

Alva Belmont

Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Alice Stone Blackwell

Alice Stone Blackwell

Harriot Stanton Blatch

Harriot Stanton Blatch

Sophonsiba Breckinridge

Sophonsiba Breckinridge

Hallie Quinn Brown

Hallie Quinn Brown

Olympia Brown

Lucy Burns

Annie Wells Cannon

Annie Wells Cannon

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt

Gertrude Crocker

Gertrude Crocker

Emma Smith DeVoe

Emma Smith DeVoe

Rheta Childe Dorr

Rheta Childe Dorr

Crystal Eastman

Crystal Eastman

Charolette Forten

Charolette Forten

Nellie Griswold Francis

Nellie Griswold Francis

Matilda Joslyn Gage

Matilda Joslyn Gage

Angelina Weld Grimké

Angelina Weld Grimké

Frances E. W. Harper

Frances E. W. Harper

Adelaide Johnson

Adelaide Johnson

Rosalie Gardiner Jones

Rosalie Gardiner Jones

Florence Kelly

Adella Hunt Logan

Adella Hunt Logan

Hazel MacKaye

Winifred Mallon

Winifred Mallon

Maud Malone

Anna Henrietta Martin

Anna Henrietta Martin

Inez Milholland

Inez Milholland

Christabel Pankhurst

Christabel Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst

Alice Paul*

Jeanette Rankin*

Jeanette Rankin*

Anna Howard Shaw

Anna Howard Shaw

Jane Norman Smith

Jane Norman Smith

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucy Stone

Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Mabel Vernon*

Ida B. Wells

Fannie Barrier Williams

Fannie Barrier Williams

Sue Shelton White

Sue Shelton White

*For a late-life oral history, http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/suffragist/