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Student Historical Journal 1984 1985: Women's Rights Before the Civil War [Pdf]
Read an overview of the pre-Civil War women's rights movement in a student essay in an historical journal from Loyola University. Find out about specific activists prominent during this time period and learn about their attempts to...
Library of Congress
Loc: Constitution of the Natl American Woman Suffrage Assoc
This short narrative describes the creation of NAWSA and the strategies used to successfully obtain enfranchisement for women along with a link to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection home page.
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Women in History: Jane Addams
Click here to see a photo of Jane Addams & read her biography. Read about her dedication the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago.The first female to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams was also known for her support of women's...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott argued as ardently for women's rights as for black rights, including suffrage, education, and economic aid.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Susan B. Anthony
See a sculptured bust and read a brief biography of Susan B. Anthony, foremost supporter of women's suffrage.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a fiery advocate for women's rights. Read an account of her actions and see a portrait of her painted by American artist, Anna Klumpke.
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Women's International Center: Women's History in America
This site discusses the social conditions in America that led to the Women's Movement, along with some women's world history.
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Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership
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...
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Women's Trade Union League
Read about the Chicago branch of the Women's Trade Union League and its alliance between women workers and upper-class women who supported their cause.
US Department of State
America.gov: Seneca Falls Convention Began Women's Rights Movement
Learn about the convention that not only paved the way for women's rights but also lead to women's suffrage. This article describes the political climate that motivated Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and other proponents of...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill
Four years before women won the right to vote, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress. Several other women followed, but women were still a distinct minority in Congress and lacked leadership roles. This short summary...
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Mary Ann Shadd Cary
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides a brief biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an educator, abolitionist, editor, attorney, and feminist of the Civil War era.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Women, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Arguments by women for and against the extension of the vote to women. This resource primarily focuses on, "If Men Were Seeking the Franchise," by Jane Addams, used to project domestic values upon government and the state.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Women's Rights
Read about some outspoken women in the 1830s and 1840s, who began speaking out for reforms of many kinds, particularly on the issue of slavery and the rights of women to vote. The Seneca Falls Declaration pushed this idea of equality.
University of Pennsylvania
Suffrage Songs and Verses by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This is the full text of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1911 pamphlet that served to encourage women to rally to the cause of woman suffrage.
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Library Bulletin: Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement
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.
US National Archives
Our Documents: 19th Amendment to the u.s. Const.
This site contains a good overview of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It gives background information on women's suffrage, provides the transcript of the actual document, and allows you to view an image of the document.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Women's Political Rights in Connecticut 1830 1980
Teachers and students alike can check out this site to learn about the women's suffrage movement in Connecticut. The brief history is followed by lesson plan suggestions.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls Convention
Students will examine primary sources about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to understand why a women's rights movement was necessary to gain greater rights for women.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Women's Suffrage
The New York Times presents an interactive, online crossword puzzle on women's suffrage. Upper elementary students can participate with some guidance.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Civics: Suffrage
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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Ecfs: Speech in Favor of Women's Suffrage
Read this 1910 speech by an Oklahoma Senator arguing in favor of women's suffrage in his state, based on Progressive ideals.
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