Women's History Month 2020: Resources-Maps

Schlesinger Library, Flickr the Commons

One of the ways that you can learn more about the history of suffrage and get ideas for implementing the suffrage story to your own ancestor's narrative is by using maps. The following are some maps that help to better explain suffrage and when women could vote in each state.


"Timeline and Map of Woman Suffrage Legislation State by State 1838-1919," Mapping American Social Movements (University of Washington)
Animated map showing when suffrage legislation was passed or defeated.


"Mapping the Suffragist Years," Library of Congress



"The 1915 Map That Helped All Women Get the Vote," Atlas Obscura


"Votes for Women A Success," US Capitol


"StoryMap: Places of Women's Suffrage," National Park Service