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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Beginnings of the Movement: Abolition and Early Women's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
How was the anti-slavery movement tightly connected with women's right to vote? Explore the efforts of women abolitionists, who realized that "the injustice they wanted to remedy for blacks also applied to women." Primary texts at this...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902 CE), noted suffragist and reformer of the women's rights movement. Additional content includes a photograph and Stanton's statement before the Judiciary...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
See a sculptured bust and read a brief biography of Susan B. Anthony, foremost supporter of women's suffrage.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn about an advocate of women's rights and slave's freedom, Susan B. Anthony, whose efforts gave all U.S. citizens regardless of race and sex the right to vote. This website includes related links and resources...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Sojourner Truth

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise biography highlights the life of Sojourner Truth including her role not only in the abolition movement but also for women's rights.
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Black Past

Black Past: Douglass, Frederick

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry gives a brief overview of the inspirational life of Fredrick Douglass, abolitionist, essayist, and promoter of rights for everyone. There are references to several of his stirring essays.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Sojouner Truth's eventful life from runaway slave to advocate for freedom and fairness. The first African American woman to speak out against slavery in public. (In Spanish)
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Read Works

Read Works: Sojourner Truth, 1864: A Primary Source

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks features a primary source from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The primary source features the emancipated slave named Sojourner Truth who worked as an abolitionist and...
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Other

Lucretia Coffin Mott Papers Project: About Lucretia Coffin Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains biographical information about Lucretia Mott and also contains a chronology of her life.
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National Park Service: The Life of Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief biography of the life of Frederick Douglass. The site also contains links to the Underground Railroad, Women's Rights National Historical Park and other related sites.