History Colorado

Denver Public Library, Special Collections and Archives

Colorado Suffrage

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For or Against?

Learn about key leaders of the suffrage movement and how they contributed to the cause.

Suffrage Movement Hall of Fame

Explore Minnie Reynold's desk at the Denver Women’s Press Club. 

Suffrage Work in Action!

Explore a timeline of key dates of the Women’s Vote Movement to discover where women already had the right to vote and who was left out.

Voting Rights Timeline

Over 100 years ago the 19th Amendment was passed. It was the largest expansion of voting rights in US history and continues to be relevant today.

How did women gain the right to vote and why does it matter?
How was voting different then vs. today?  
Who was excluded from voting over time? 
Who were key leaders in the national and Colorado suffrage movement? 
How did Colorado passing women’s suffrage in 1893 help lead to national women’s suffrage in 1920? 
What was the long term impact? 


Elected Women in Colorado Teacher’s Guide

“This Shall be the Land for Women!-The Struggle for Western Women’s Suffrage”

Caroline Nichols Churchill, Active Footsteps (Colorado Springs, 1909). 

, Denver Public Library, Western History Collection (DPLWHD). 

Women's Voting Rights in Colorado-Middle School

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Voting Rights Timeline

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework