Suffragist Biographies
Women Who Built A Movement
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Susan B. Anthony |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/susan-b-anthony |
Susan B. Anthony was a champion of the temperance, abolition, and suffrage movements.
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Amelia Bloomer |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/amelia-bloomer|
Amelia Bloomer was a suffragist, editor, social activist, and fashion advocate who worked to change women’s clothing.
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Martha Hughes Cannon |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/martha-hughes-cannon |
Martha Hughes Cannon was the first female state senator in U.S. history.
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Carrie Chapman Catt |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/carrie-chapman-catt |
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote.
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Sarah B. Cochran |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sarah-cochran |
Once called America's only Coal Queen, Sarah B. Cochran was a coal industry leader and philanthropist in an era when American women couldn't universally vote or serve on juries.
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Prudence Crandall |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/prudence-crandall |
Prudence Crandall bravely defied prevailing patterns of racial discrimination when she opened one of the first schools for African American girls in Connecticut in 1833.
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Sarah Moore Grimké |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sarah-moore-grimke |
Sarah Grimké and her sister fought for abolition and women's rights.
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Angelina Grimké Weld |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/angelina-grimke-weld |
Although raised on a slave-owning plantation, Angelina Grimké Weld became an ardent abolitionist.
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Frances E. W. Harper |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/frances-ellen-watkins-harper |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was not only the first African American woman to publish a short story, but she was also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer that co-founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.
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Antonia Hernández |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/antonia-hernandez |
From legal aid work, to counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, to head of a major civil rights organization, Antonia Hernández has used the law to realize social change at every turn.
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Julia Ward Howe |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/julia-ward-howe |
Julia Ward Howe was a writer, lecturer, abolitionist and suffragist.
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Jovita Idár |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar |
Mexican-American journalist, activist, and suffragist, Jovita Idár often faced dangerous situations, however she bravely fought the injustices in her time.
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Hellen Keller |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/helen-keller |
Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer. She advocated for the blind and for women’s suffrage and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mabel-ping-hua-lee |
In a 1912 New York Times article, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was regarded as “the symbol of the new era, when all women will be free and unhampered.”
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Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/maria-guadalupe-evangelina-de-lopez |
An educator, translator, and clubwoman, Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez helped win the vote for Californian women with her oratory and the writings she translated into Spanish.
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Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruth-hanna-mccormick-simms |
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was a Republican United States Representative from Illinois who served from 1929 to 1931.
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Lucretia Mott |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucretia-mott |
Lucretia Mott argued as ardently for women’s rights as for black rights, including suffrage, education, and economic aid.
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Adelina Otero-Warren |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/adelina-otero-warren |
Adelina Otero-Warren, the first Hispanic woman to run for U.S. Congress and the first female superintendent of public schools in Santa Fe, was a leader in New Mexico’s woman’s suffrage movement.
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Alice Paul |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paul |
A vocal leader of the 20th century women’s suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Felisa Rincón de Gautier (Doña Fela) |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/felisa-rincon-de-gautier-dona-fela |
Felisa Rincón de Gautier, affectionately known to the public as Doña Fela, became the first female mayor of a capital city in the Americas when she was appointed mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1946.
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Ana Roqué de Duprey |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ana-roque-de-duprey |
Ana Roqué de Duprey, a prolific educator, writer, and scientist, founded the first woman’s suffrage organization in Puerto Rico in 1917. |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-cady-stanton |
Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.
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Lucy Stone |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucy-stone |
A leading suffragist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts.
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Mary Church Terrell |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell |
Mary Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage.
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Sojourner Truth |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth |
A former slave, Sojourner Truth was an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the 19th century.
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Harriet Tubman |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-tubman |
Harriet Tubman escaped enslavement and helped others reach freedom.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett |
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher. |