Suffrage Maps: Visualizing the Vote

Votes for Women a Success.The Map Proves It. National American Woman Suffrage Association, ca. 1913.

Suffrage maps are essentially thematic; they depict a subject not normally visible. This map, which was updated as new states granted women the vote, is one of many that became a common part of the landscape during the 1910s. Their prevalence kept suffrage in the public eye and imagination.