The Real Deal 4 Women’s Work 6 The Birth of a Movement 8 The Movement Grows 10 Rights for All 12 Spreading the Word 14 Taking Action 16 The National Stage 18 State by State 20 Presidential Support 22 Victory for Women 24 Women’s Suffrage Worldwide 26 Challenges Ahead 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 CONTENTS
THE REAL DEAL How do authors of books on history know what happened The best information about events from the past comes from primary sources These are documents and other things that come from the time period a historian is researching They also come from the people involved in the event Primary sources can be newspaper articles photographs diaries paintings and more Primary sources are often more accurate than accounts that were written later As time passes people forget exactly how and when events Newspapers are excellent primary sources for learning about events from the past A historian is a person who studies people places and events from the past Vocabulary 4
occurred Primary sources also tell how individual people felt about an event when it happened One of the many topics in history that we can learn about from primary sources is the long fight for women’s suffrage or the right to vote In 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution finally granted American women suffrage Amendments are changes or additions to the Constitution Women had to fight for years before gaining the right to vote 5
