The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States presents important moments and participants in the history of the American suffrage movement ranging from the mid-nineteenth century through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The book highlights the many participants in the suffrage movement including well-known leaders lesser-known activists major national organizations and local efforts across the country. An array of perspectives is examined: the garment factory worker working for protective labor laws the wealthy wife hoping to control her inheritance the Black activist seeking voting power for her community and the temperance worker wanting to vote for prohibition laws. The volume examines the crucial activism of Black suffragists and other women of color as well as the fraught nature of the cross-racial coalition in the movement. The broad and accessible approach to this important period in history will enable students to consider questions such as: How could suffragists overcome their differences and build community? Were wealthy women who funded salaries headquarters and parades afforded more power? What tactics and strategies did suffragists utilize to lobby legislators and win over the public? How did suffragists and anti-suffragists wield racism as a political tactic both in support of and against the Nineteenth Amendment? How and when did women of color finally achieve the right to vote? Students will also be able to consider lessons from the suffrage movement for an inclusive feminist movement today. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in US women’s history the history of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era and those interested in the histories of social movements.