Suffrage Newspapers and Journals

There were numerous specialized journals that promoted suffrage between the time of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention to that of the passage of the 1920 Constitutional suffrage amendment. Many were created by activists out of their perception that the mainstream press was either ignoring or under-reporting suffrage activities,

The more influential of these publications include: (1) Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Revolution, begun in 1869 with a promise of support from eccentric George Francis Train; (2) Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly in which Victoria Woodhull announced her candidacy for President in 1872; (3) The Suffragist, the official organ of the National Woman’s Party, with graphic front pages drawn by Nina Allender; and (4) The Woman’s Journal, created by Lucy Stone and her husband in 1870, which, for a time, served as the official paper of NAWSA. In England, the most influential journal was Votes for Women, published by the WSPU, often with cover illustrations by “A. Patriot” (Alfred Pearse).