Share the words of "Battling Bella" on your phone! The November graphic to our 19thAmendment Centennial Calendar features the famous campaign slogan from Congresswoman Bella Abzug.

In this 1948 photo, Mrs. Fresdahl is 82 years old as she casts her vote. This would have been her ninth time casting her vote in a Presidential election.

Susan B. Anthony recognized that many of the legal disabilities women faced were the result of their inability to vote. Anthony worked tirelessly her whole adult life fighting for the right to vote, and she was instrumental in bringing the issue to the forefront of American consciousness.

June's featured suffragist is Shirley Chisholm. She was elected to Congress in 1968 from New York’s 12th Congressional District. As the first African American woman to ever serve in Congress, her rise to office was propelled by her campaign slogan: “Fighting Shirley Chisholm—Unbought and Unbossed.” #19thAmendment #RightfullyHers #Archives19thAt100

May's featured suffragist is Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, who began writing and speaking publicly about woman suffrage while a teenager. Notably, in May of 1912 she joined other suffragists to lead a parade (on horseback!) down the streets of New York City,. Lee marched for women’s enfranchisement even though she was barred from becoming a U.S. citizen because of her race. As a result, she remained unable to vote when New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917 and after the 19th Amendment was…

While Abigail Adams’s reminder to her husband to “remember the ladies” is often mentioned, her full thoughts on the matter were rather more fiery. Her concerns were well founded. Women of the time had no legal identity apart from their husbands. They could not vote, they could not own property, or gain custody of their children if divorced. #19thAmendment #19thAt100 #RightfullyHers

Remember the famous words of Abigail Adams in July of 1776 when she reminded her husband to "remember the ladies." #Archives19thAt100 #RightfullyHers

Native American lawyer and suffragist Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin was a prominent advocate on behalf of Native women and on Native Americans’ position in mainstream America. In 1911, Baldwin chose to be photographed in traditional dress for her personnel file photo for the Office of Indian Affairs. This photograph was a radical act for its time, when she would have been expected to assimilate into white American culture. Download our commemorative calendar pages for free!

Celebrate Women's History Month with the advice of trailblazer Shirley Chisholm. We’ve released our first of several lockscreens for your mobile phone! Think about the women who fought for the #19thAmendment every time you use your #1stAmendment rights. #RightfullyHers #Archives19thAt100

Celebrate Black History Month with the words of activist and suffragist Mary Church Terrell. Think about the women who fought for the #19thAmendment every time you use your #1stAmendment rights. #RightfullyHers #Archives19thAt100

On March 3, 1913, more than 5,000 suffragists marched along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Despite attempts to keep women of color out of the march, many—Ida B. Wells among them—attended. Many women were verbally and physically assaulted along the parade route while the police stood by, either unwilling or unable to control the crowd. Download our commemorative calendar for free! Each month we post a new story about the women who fought for the right to vote.

February's featured image shows activist Mary Church Terrell. During the lead-up to the passage of the 19th Amendment, Terrell marched at 1913 Suffrage Parade alongside the sisters of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She picketed at the White House with members of the National Woman’s Party. We’re commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with 12 suffrage stories from our holdings for you to save, print, or share.

Women were the first to protest the White House. Beginning on January 10, 1917, women seeking voting rights stationed themselves outside the White House, where they would become known as the Silent Sentinels. We’re commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with 12 suffrage stories from our holdings for you to save, print, or share on social.

We’re commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with 12 suffrage stories from our holdings for you to save, print, or share. January's featured image shows Alison Turnbull Hopkins protesting at the gates of the White House in January of 1917. Women were the first organized group to protest at the gates of the President’s house. Beginning on January 10, 1917, women seeking voting rights stationed themselves outside the White House. They became known as the Silent Sentinels.

We’ve released our first of four lockscreens for your mobile phone! Think about the women who fought for the #19thAmendment every time you use your #1stAmendment rights. #RightfullyHers #Archives19thAt100

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Original Caption: From 1923 to 1970, some form of the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in every session of Congress but was generally held up in committee and so never put to a vote. Representative Martha Griffiths's petition forced the legislation out of committee so that it could be considered by the House, which passed it. The Senate subsequently attempted to add provisions exempting women from the draft, effectively preventing the bill from passing Congress that session. Created By…

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Today’s blog post comes from Jessie Kratz, archives specialist in the Center for Legislative Archives. As woman suffrage advocates marched along Pennsylvania Avenue on March 3, 1913, they wer…

Original Caption: Form Letter from E. Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone Asking Friends to Send Petitions for Woman Suffrage to Their Representatives in Congress, 12/26/1865 Created By: U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary.(06/03/1813 - ) From: Record Group/Collection: 233 From: Petitions and Memorials Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, compiled 06/03/1813 - 1998 Production Dates: 12/26/1865 Persistent URL…

Today’s post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. While the Constitution does not say who is eligible to vote, it does say who is eligib…

Today’s blog post comes from Jessie Kratz, archives specialist in the Center for Legislative Archives. As woman suffrage advocates marched along Pennsylvania Avenue on March 3, 1913, they wer…

Title: Photograph of Suffrage Parade, 1913 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 208-PR-14M-3 From: Record Group/Collection: 208 Record Hierarchy Level: Item Reference Unit: Still Picture Records Section Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/593561 Repository Contact Information: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering…

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Original Caption: Eleanor Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park, New York, 11/03/1936 From:: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, compiled 1882 - 1962 Created By:: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Production Date: 11/03/1936 Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/196125 Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR) For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit…

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Original Caption: Petition of E. Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and others asking for an amendment of the Constitution that shall prohibit the several States from disfanchising any of their citizens on the ground of sex, ca. 1865 From:: Series: Petitions and Memorials, compiled 1813 - 1968 Created By:: U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary. (06/03/1813 - ) Production Date: ca. 1865 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=306684…

Original Caption: This cartoon depicts the two big winners on Election Day, 1917, in New York. Voters adopted a woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution, a measure backed by Tammany Hall, New York City's Democratic political machine. On the same day, Democrat John F. Hylan defeated both the Republican Mayor of New York City, John Purroy Mitchel, and Socialist candidate Morris Hillquit. The victory was a major triumph for Tammany Hall, here represented by the proud Tammany Tiger…

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Original Caption: Photograph of Jimmy Carter Signing Extension of Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Ratification, 10/20/1978 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: From:File Unit: Jimmy Carter - Meeting with Irvine Sprague; At ERA Signing with Rosalynn Carter, 10/20/1978 - 10/20/1978 Created By:President (1977-1981 : Carter). White House Staff Photographers. (01/20/1977 - 01/20/1981) Production Date:10/20/1978 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=181981…

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Frances Perkins: First Woman Cabinet member 80 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt notified the U.S. Senate on March 4, 1933, that he had nominated Frances Perkins of New York to be...

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Original Caption: Petition from Women of Brookline, Massachusetts, Praying that the Gag Rule be Rescinded, 02/14/1838 Created By: U.S. House of Representatives.(03/04/1789 - ) From: Record Group/Collection: 233 From: Petitions and Memorials Which Were Tabled Relating to the Rescinding of the Resolution of December 21, 1837 Tabling All Memorials, Petitions, and Papers on Slavery. Production Dates: 02/14/1838 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=306638 Reference…

Original Caption: Washington, D.C. Women members of United States Congress: Seated, Senator Maurine Newberger, Oregon; Representative Frances Bolton, Ohio; Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Maine; Standing, Representatives, Florence Dwyer, New Jersey; Martha Griffiths, Michigan; Edith Green, Oregon; Patsy Mink, Hawaii; Leonor Sullivan, Missouri; Julia Hansen, Washington; Edna Kelly, New York; Charlotte Reid, Illinois., ca. 1950 - 1975 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 306-PS-D65(1940)…

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Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Taping a Larry King Weekend Show. 9/30/1993

Sally Ride], America's first woman astronaut communicates with ground controllers from the flight deck during the six day mission of the Challenger. NASA. 6/18/1983 - 6/24/1983

Amelia Earhart, 7/30/1936

First Woman Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor Being Sworn in a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Her Husband John O'Connor Looks On. 9/25/1981

Photograph of the Swearing-In of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Associate Supreme Court Justice, with President William J. Clinton Attending. 8/10/1993