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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Anti Suffragists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson plan allows students to study a speech and anti-suffrage literature...
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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: Limited Voting Rights for Women Approved in Nebraska

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the events leading to women gaining the right to vote in Nebraska.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: American Women: Marching for the Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
The day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, 5,000 marchers along with floats, bands, and mounted groups paraded down Pennslvania Avenue in support of women's suffrage. Read about the parade, the actions of those watching the...
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Manitobia Life and Times: Women Win the Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Manitoba the first province in Canada to give women the right to vote! Follow the events of suffrage and temperance as well as the political actions which led to this historic decision.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Women's Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information for high-school classes examining the history of women's suffrage and the struggle for equal rights as well as related issues that address such questions as: Are laws protecting women's rights still needed?...
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US National Archives

Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform Votes for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this wonderful interactive site from the National Archives and Records Administration, to learn about the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era. See photos and primary documents related to the topic (click to...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Tactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive essay lays out the tactics the National Woman's Party used in its campaign to obtain women's suffrage. In addition to an explanation of the various tactics are many photographs from the Library of Congress' Records of...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Historical Overview of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this historical overview of the National Woman's Party, an organization focused on giving women the right to vote. Find out about some of the important figures in the fight and the ways the women tried to push their agenda. [pdf]
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on their gender. Includes discussion of Susan B. Anthony's and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's contributions...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the philosophy and strategies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as the fight for women's right to vote.
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Other

Humanities Texas: Texas Originals: Jane Y. Mc Callum

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Jane McCallum, who lived from 1877-1957. She was a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement. The text on this page is also available as an audio recording through a side link.
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Other

Thais Lacoste Fremont : A Woman of Heart, a Woman of Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Thais Lacoste-Fremont was an influential Quebec feminist in the first years of women's suffrage. Her papers and documents were preserved in the Seminaire de Quebec archives and are on display here.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Call for Change

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on the women's suffrage movement in New York State that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include voting...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Leaflet Regarding Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Leaflet regarding women's suffrage in Wyoming, presented at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893. View the original document and a transcript of the text.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: National Women's History Museum: Parading for Progress

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession through Washington, DC completely changed the way protests were viewed and carried out by the American public.
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University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Congressional Debates Over 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of the debate in Congressional hearings about women's suffrage from 1869-1893. It's interesting to see the arguments against the enfranchisement of women along side the reasons for giving women the vote.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Women and the Republic by Helen Kendrick Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides multiple formats of the entire online text of Johnson's 1913 anti-suffrage book, in which she attempts to discount the major claims made by prominent suffragists.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Douglass Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this primary source pamphlet written by Jane Addams, who pushed for a woman's right to vote during the Progressive Era.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Anti Suffragists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The 19th Amendment did not come without a prolonged fight. Learners will examine rationale for opposing suffrage through the lens of class,
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Library of Congress

Loc: Hear Us Roar: Victory, 1918 and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition tells the story of the passing of and ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.
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Other

Ipu: Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
American women could run for election in 1788, but could not vote until 1920. This and other ironies are revealed in this timeline that shows the progression of women's political rights in countries from around the world.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Wake Up, America: Women's Suffrage [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the political and educational limitations women faced in early America. Students will describe early developments in the progression...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Civics: Suffrage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which they examine how citizens can participate responsibly and effectively in American civic and political life to catalyze a successful democratic society.

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