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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Minnie Fisher Cunningham

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a suffragette who became president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association in 1915 and who ran for the Texas Senate.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Susan B. Anthony

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this lesson, students will learn about Susan B. Anthony and her fight for what she believed in. Students will identify Susan B. Anthony's actions that make her an agent for change.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Julia Ward Howe

For Students 9th - 10th
Julia Ward Howe was a writer, lecturer, abolitionist, and suffragist.
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Other

League of Women Voters

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about important issues, relating towards female voters.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will explore the life of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin by critically reading primary and secondary sources to determine her worldview, political beliefs, and core values.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, students will understand the remarkable career of this persevering woman who lived up to her self-chosen name.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Fight for the Nineteenth: The Fight for Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the history of the movement to obtain equal rights for women, starting with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, when women won the right to vote.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
On March 3, 1913, after months of strategic planning and controversy, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote. Michelle Mehrtens details how the...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Right to Vote

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the struggle for women to gain the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: History of Women's Suffrage

For Students 1st - 8th
This site summarizes the history of women's suffrage throughout various countries and continents, including: United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, Africa, etc. It also briefly includes the...
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Other

Wow Museum: Western Women's Suffrage Wyoming

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the place Wyoming holds in the history of women's suffrage. Even before statehood, Wyoming gave woment the right to vote. Find out how important that was to those who lived there.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: Women and Children, Circa 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
How did the 1920s affect those working on farms? This brief article takes a look at the early optimism felt by 1920s farm families, as well as the poverty, resulting from overproduction, and also touches on how various groups benefited...
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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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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: 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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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Suffragists and Their Tactics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners work with two document collections, "Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures: 1850-1920" and "Votes for Women: 1848-1921", to understand how the suffragists changed the requirements for voting in America.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the 19th Amendment and a short history of the women's suffrage movement state by state.
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Other

A History of the American Suffragist Movement: Excerpt: In the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on excerpts from the book entitled "A History of the American Suffragist Movement," this site provides a timeline with biographical description of several key leaders in the Women's Suffrage Movement during that time. The site...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Women's Suffrage Timeline Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information about how the fight for the right to vote led to the Women's Suffrage movement.
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Other

Timeline of Women's Suffrage in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a detailed timeline of events relating to women's rights and suffrage from 1776 to the passing of the 19th Amendment. Link to Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Rights and Sentiments.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Victoria Woodhull

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the National Women's Hall of Fame to learn a few basic facts about Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Alice Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the accomplishments of Alice Paul, a radical leader in the women's movement for suffrage who preferred to directly picket Congress. She was the organizer of the National Woman's Party, and spent time in jail for her activism.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Carrie Chapman Catt

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical overview of Carrie Chapman Catt, a dynamic speaker, tenacious organizer, and powerful force in the women's suffrage movement.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Votes for Women: Selections From the Nawsa Collection, 1848 1921

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the collection items donated by suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, they include text and images and information about Catt.

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