The history of African American disenfranchisement and exclusion in Virginia is a lengthy one. This blog post is meant to serve as an introduction and…
Jessi BennettSeptember 9, 2020
Even after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, many people in the United States continued to be denied the right…
Sonya ColemanSeptember 2, 2020
What did Virginia newspapers report about Nazi persecution during the 1930s and 1940s? There is a misconception that Americans did not know about the Holocaust…
Sonya ColemanAugust 25, 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
While Lin Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical hit Hamilton takes some artistic liberties with our American Colonial past, there is a lot of history packed into…
Library of VirginiaJuly 1, 2020
Evidence of the past appears in many forms. We find history in manuscript records, old newspapers, artifacts in a plowed field. But history is also…
Rebecca SchneiderJune 29, 2020
"DANGER! WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE THE VANGUARD OF SOCIALISM" blared a broadside published around 1913 by the Virginia Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage. It warned women that…
John DealJune 17, 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
Ed. Note: The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and community are top priorities at the Library of Virginia. To help contain the…
Brent TarterMarch 25, 2020
As you work, study, and play from home the Library of Virginia has much to offer within our online resources. Here is just a taste…
Cindy MarksMarch 20, 2020
If you are looking for an activity to do with your children this week, the Census Bureau has many activities online for all ages that…
Mary ClarkMarch 18, 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
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia, published by The History Press, is now available in…
Mari JulienneMarch 2, 2020