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Women's Suffrage: Key Sources & Insights

This annotated bibliography provides summaries for 10 primary and secondary sources on the women's suffrage movement. The primary sources include articles from 1920 commemorating Susan B. Anthony, a 1901 letter from Anthony on suffrage, reasons why women should vote, and an article describing Alice Paul's force feeding in prison. The secondary sources are two books from 2003 and 2005 providing overviews of the suffrage movement, the 2004 film "Iron Jawed Angels" portraying suffragettes' sacrifices, and four online articles and encyclopedia entries with timelines and explanations of obstacles faced in gaining the right to vote.

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Women's Suffrage: Key Sources & Insights

This annotated bibliography provides summaries for 10 primary and secondary sources on the women's suffrage movement. The primary sources include articles from 1920 commemorating Susan B. Anthony, a 1901 letter from Anthony on suffrage, reasons why women should vote, and an article describing Alice Paul's force feeding in prison. The secondary sources are two books from 2003 and 2005 providing overviews of the suffrage movement, the 2004 film "Iron Jawed Angels" portraying suffragettes' sacrifices, and four online articles and encyclopedia entries with timelines and explanations of obstacles faced in gaining the right to vote.

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Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources:
"Susan B. Anthony Lionized." HONOR PAID TO SUSAN B ANTHONY 1920, FEMINIST
SALUTE TO SUSAN B ANTHONY, FEMINISM 1920, and PATHFINDER MAGAZINE
MARCH 13 1920, FEMINISM 1920, and AMERICAN 19TH CENTURY FEMINIST ICONS,
AMERICAN FEMINIST ICONS, AMERICAN FEMINIST ICON SUSAN B ANTHONY. The
Pathfinder, n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.
This Article helps me understand how hard it was to be a women in an era
where politics and government was ruled by men.

Anthony, Susan B. "Susan B. Anthony on Suffrage and Equal Rights." Letter. 07 Nov.
1901. MS. N.p.
This Letter helps our project because it gives a point of someone who
achieved a lot for women. It helps to bring the desire she had for voting rights, it
also helps to see that she is still so energetic even though shes old and retires

"Twelve Reason Why Women Should Vote." N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
This helps me with my topic because it gives me a better understanding from
the womens point of view about why they should vote. All the specific reasons why
women should vote is what it brings to my research to help me understand my
topic.

"Alice Paul Describes Force Feeding." The Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 07
Oct. 2015.
This newspaper describes how a suffragette, Alice Paul, was arrested for
picketing the white house. She went on a hunger strike. The doctors had to force
feed her. They injected food through her nostrils. This newspaper helped in my
research because it made me understand how much effort was put into this
movement.

Secondary Sources:
Keller, Kristin Thoennes. The Women Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920. Mankato, MN:
Bridgestone, 2003. Print.

This book helps me with my topic of the women suffrage because it helps me
understand the topic more. This book provides the information but it is straight to
the point so it is easier to understand for my topic.
Landau, Elaine. Women's Right to Vote. New York: Childern's, 2005. Print.
This book helps me with my project because it brings a lot of information
about womens suffrage with a lot of events. So I am sure of understanding the
material well because it is straight to the point about the information and the book
also has pictures about the events that happened.

Iron Jawed Angels. Dir. Katja Von Garnier. Powerblue, 2004.


This source helps with our topic because we are able to see the whole
process that women had to go through. It also helps by showing us all the sacrifices
each women gave up. This helps to understand our topic because we were actually
able to view it all other than reading an article. A movie allows different
perspectives from the womans suffrage movement.

"The Fight for Womens Suffrage." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web.
06 Dec. 2015.
This helps with my topic because it allows me to see the importance equal
rights was for women and that they werent willing to give up. It also helps by
explaining obstacles these women fought against to gain suffrage. Women were just
stating their rights then punished for it. Also to see how long it took for the
amendment to ratify because women never gave up.

"Woman Suffrage." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.


Web. 07 Oct. 2015
It helps the project because it has important dates that can be used for the
topic. It also explains the steps that were taken to gain equal rights.

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