Research Guides: Chicago Womxn’s Suffrage: Suffrage in Illinois and Chicago

Chicago and the Women's Suffrage Movement

Suffrage from the Encyclopedia of Chicago
Brief encyclopedia entry on the women's suffrage movement in Chicago
Alpha Suffrage Club from the Encyclopedia of Chicago
Brief encyclopedia entry on the Alpha Suffrage Club
Chicago Political Equality League from the Encyclopedia of Chicago
Brief encyclopedia entry on the Chicago Political Equality League's role in the women's suffrage movement

Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration by Margaret Garb
ISBN: 9780226136066
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
See Chapter 3: Women's Rights, the World's Fair, and Activists on the National Stage. This chapter delves into Ida B Wells' and Fannie Barrier Williams' roles in the suffrage movement.

Chronology of the Women's Rights Movement in Illinois by Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Click the file image on the right had side to view the pamphlet.
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Brief description of the IESA by the Evanston Women's History Project.
Illinois Suffrage Act (1913)
A brief description of the Illinois Suffrage Act plus view the original document. From the State of Illinois.
League of Women Voters of Illinois, History
See the list of documents at the bottom of the page.
Illinois and the 19th Amendment
A short article from the National Park Service about when Illinois ratified the 19th Amendment
100 Years Ago, Illinois Was First on the 19th Amendment
A short article from Chicago Magazine about Illinois' ratification of the 19th Amendment (note: due to an error the Illinois legislature had to re-vote and they were the 7th state to ratify)
Votes for Women
From the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.