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Suffragists - Women Who Worked for the Vote

Women who worked for the vote for women, whether called woman suffragists, women's suffrage advocates, or suffragettes. Includes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt -- but also some lesser-known women like Lucy Stone and Lucy Burns.
Women's Suffrage Activists
Pictures of key women who helped to win the vote.
About Suffrage: Biographies
Biographies of the women, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott and anti-suffragists, from your About Guide to Women's History.
Anna Howard Shaw Quotes
Quotations from Anna Howard Shaw, a physician and minister who was also a prominent woman suffrage activist.

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