In celebration of Women's History Month, the Library of Virginia is excited to announce that the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia are…
Mari JulienneMarch 1, 2023
“That the Oppressed May Go Free” : A Petition to the Virginia General Assembly for Religious Freedom
During the summer of 1776, members of Virginia's last Revolutionary Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Among the principles of representative government and fundamental…
Mari JulienneSeptember 21, 2022
For hundreds of years, Virginians have had the right to petition their government. Unlike the right to vote or hold public office during the 18th…
Mari JulienneMarch 9, 2022
The Library of Virginia's current exhibition, Columbia Pike: Through the Lens of Community, highlights the vibrant and diverse community of Columbia Pike in Arlington County.…
Mari JulienneJanuary 5, 2022
"The political woman will be a menace," warned anti-suffragists during the campaign for women's voting rights. Not only would women in politics threaten the family…
Mari JulienneMarch 3, 2021
African Americans and people of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s—and America’s—story since European colonization of the North American continent began. Yet the…
Mari JulienneFebruary 19, 2021
With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the achievement of woman suffrage, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia closed down its operations in the…
Mari JulienneDecember 16, 2020
With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the achievement of woman suffrage, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia closed down its operations in the…
Mari JulienneNovember 11, 2020
Virginia women went to the polls for the first time on 2 November 1920, a cool and cloudy day across the commonwealth. After the Nineteenth…
Mari JulienneNovember 2, 2020
After Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920, Virginia women began registering to vote. As a result of the "Machinery Bill" passed by the…
Mari JulienneSeptember 16, 2020
On 18 August 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, which was officially proclaimed on August 26. Although Virginia's General Assembly…
Mari JulienneAugust 19, 2020
"I have been kept from the privilege of incoming or outgoing mail for over the past week and am now locked in a small cell…
Mari JulienneJuly 22, 2020
Thousands of Virginia women joined the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to fight for their voting rights after it was organized in 1909. A few…
Mari JulienneJune 10, 2020
The first and largest of the state organizations that worked for woman suffrage in Virginia early in the twentieth century was the Equal Suffrage League…
Mari JulienneApril 15, 2020
We explain the purpose and functioning of the ballot and teach that voting is a duty as well as a right. We use every opportunity…
Mari JulienneMarch 11, 2020
