The resources below offer additional perpsectives and background on the struggle for women's suffrage, the importance of voting rights and opportunities for young people to become involved in the political process.

WEBSITES

www.hbo.com/films/ironjawedangels
The official website of Iron Jawed Angels, featuring background on the production, crew and cast.

www.nmwh.org
A richly illustrated exhibit on the political culture and imagery of American suffrage, created by the National Women's History Museum.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
"Votes for Women," at the Library of Congress, features books, pamphlets and artifacts from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848—1921.

www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/suf_intro.html
More than 100 suffrage cartoons.

www.archives.gov
Source documents and lesson plans on suffrage and the 19th Amendment.

www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/suffrage
This illuminating exhibition draws from the extensive collection of pro- and anti-suffrage materials in the Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections, particularly the Carrie Chapman Catt papers and photograph albums.

www.civilrights.org/issues/voting
Contemporary and historical information on voting rights from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund.

www.rockthevote.com
Rock the Vote's website for voter registration, education and activism. Teachers may order free Rock the Vote Kits to encourage students to register and take part in the political process. Kits include voter registration applications, voter information, posters, stickers, buttons and other materials.

www.youthvote.org
The Youth Vote Coalition, a national nonpartisan alliance of diverse organizations, is dedicated to increasing political and civic participation among young people.

BOOKS

Clift, Eleanor. Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003). Stirring profiles of the women who propelled the suffrage movement from 1848 to 1920.

Ford, Linda G. Iron-Jawed Angels: The Suffrage Militancy of the National Woman's Party, 1912—1920 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991). A scholarly history of the "iron-jawed angels."

Lunardini, Christine. From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights: Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910—1928 (New York: New York University Press, 1986). A powerful account of Paul's suffrage work.

Sherr, Lynn. Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony In Her Own Words (New York: Times Books, 1995). Excerpts from Anthony's speeches and letters, with illuminating commentary by Sherr.

Stevens, Doris. Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote (Troutdale, OR: NewSage Press, 1995). Originally published in 1920, this is a first-hand account by a suffragist who worked closely with Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.

Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill, editor. One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement (Troutdale, OR: NewSage Press, 1995). A collection of essays on suffrage history.