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National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Addie Wyatt
An intriguing biography on the contributions and experiences of Reverend Addie Wyatt during the Civil Rights and Women's Movements.
Other
Wiwhc: Suffrage When, Where, and Obstacles to Overcome
This online lesson compares aspects of women's suffrage from diverse cultures. Includes political cartoons from around the world.
East of England Broadband Network
History's Heroes: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (1876 1948)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, an important figure in the movement to secure the vote for women in Great Britain. Find...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Barbara Harris
Civil rights activist Reverend Barbara Harris is featured for her involvement in freedom rides and marches in the 1960's.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Ella Baker
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Ella Baker for her role in the Civil Rights Movement in America.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Rosa Parks
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors the actions of Rosa Parks as a major figure in the United States Civil Rights Movement. Read about her life and actions here.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Timeline
Kids learn about the timeline of the history Civil Rights in the United States including major milestones in the African-American, disabled, Native American, and women's suffrage movements.
Library of Congress
Loc: Her Story
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Anne Spencer
Learn about the life and works of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer who lived her entire life in Virginia and fought for equal rights for African Americans.
Other
Jwa: Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution (Jewish Women's Archive)
This site offers an interactive look at the roles Jewish women have played in the furthering of feminism and the American women's movement in the last half of the 20th century. You can access the information through a timeline, themes of...
Library of Congress
Loc: One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage
Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, and many other women played significant roles which led to the Nineteenth Amendment as highlighted in this time line.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Discontent and Transformation
This lesson focuses on the discontent of housewives in the 1950's and the Southern Bell lawsuit for discrimination of women in the workplace. It includes a PDF lesson plan and two video clips.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Margaret Sanger
Biographical sketch of Margaret Sanger who founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women's reproductive rights.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: The Progressives
Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the Progressive period in America and the reform movements that accompanied it. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student oriented activities, and a timeline of key events from...
US National Archives
Nara: Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment
A good look at the way the Equal Rights Amendment moved through Congress. Find images of the discharge petition and joint resolution
Library of Congress
Loc: Draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible"
This article focuses on the philosophy and strategies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as the fight for women's right to vote.
Other
Uua: Louisa May Alcott
Detailed biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888 CE) from the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Contains a couple of pictures as well.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Freedom Summer
During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Helen Keller
Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Fannie Lou Hamer and Social Activism
This lesson plan provides an insight into the rhetoric and social action of Fannie Lou Hamer. By focusing on three speeches through her career, students will better be able to understand how she was able to influence social change.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Ruby Bridges
A biographical look at Ruby Bridges who became famous at six years of age by being the first Black child to attend a desegregated school in America.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
A very short history of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in Britain, and their contribution to the women's movement.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: The Women's Social and Political Union
A brief account of the founding of the Women's Social & Political Union in Britain.