
Virginia suffragists were a remarkable group of talented and dedicated women who have largely been forgotten. As part of the Library of Virginia’s commemoration of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, biographies of notable suffragists and anti-suffragists have been added to the Library’s online Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Learn about some of them here.
Founders of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia






Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Officers




Local Equal Suffrage League Leaders






Founders of the Virginia Branch, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage/National Woman’s Party



Members of the Virginia Branch, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage/National Woman’s Party



African American Suffragists






Suffrage Campaigners






Voter Registration Leaders




Anti-suffragists


