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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Report of the Women's Rights Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls and Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Chester Comix panels, students will explore and discuss the Suffrage Movement, the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention and the contributions to equality made by four key figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Women's Rights and the Seneca Falls Convent

For Students 9th - 10th
The first women's rights movement advocated equal rights for white women by leveraging abolitionist and Second Great Awakening sentiment.
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Georgetown College: Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Women's Suffrage at Last

For Students 5th - 8th
Trace the history of the women's suffrage movement from its organized beginnings in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention to the final success with the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which constitutionally granted women the right vote.
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Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources, such as a timeline of women's struggle for equality in America, on topics related to the history of women in the United States. Also find information on two nineteenth-century rights activists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth...
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Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage of the National Women's History Project, this site includes links to suffrage history, timeline, a chat room, and student projects. Also information about the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention and national...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives an introduction to "The Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Conference in 1848, which demanded rights for women, as well as a full text accompanying it.
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University of Virginia

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 19th century women's reform movement as well as primary resources including the Seneca Falls Declaration & Resolutions, an editorial by Frederick Douglass, and excerpts form "History of Woman Suffrage."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Women's Suffrage

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out about women's suffrage not only in the United States, but around the world. An interactive map displays the dates women gained their right to vote.
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Other

Library Bulletin: Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive list of books and documents available in the University of Rochester Rare Books and Special Collections exhibit of 1995. Brief summaries of the books, documents and their authors are available at this site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Excerpts From Her Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's autobiography.
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PBS

Pbs: Resources for the Study of Nineteenth Century Women's Rights Reformers

For Students 9th - 10th
The developers "Not For Ourselves Alone," a PBS documentary about the lives and work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, have compiled a collection of resources useful to any study of the history of women's suffrage in...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Westward Expansion and Reform

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a longer time line describing the history of the American West, this section covers the period 1829 to 1859 with hyperlinks to stories and people of this time period.
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Rutgers University

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Find documents by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the extensive collection from Rutgers University.
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Curated OER

Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Women's Rights Natl Historical Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Established in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the First Women's Rights Convention and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House.

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