Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.

Check out this National Archives and Records (NARA) site to see the original Tennessee document ratifying the 19th Amendment. Also includes a short explanation as to why Tennessee's vote was so crucial.

This National Archives and Records Administration site briefly discusses the background of the 19th Amendment and offers primary sources, activities, and links to related web sited for educators and students.

This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of women's rights in the United States.

This extensive and varied resource shares images of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Conduct a keyword search to explore the collection.

There was a time in the United States when voting was only for white men who owned property. This Library of Congress site tells you about the days when American women fought for their right to vote. Includes high quality historic images.

Given primary and secondary resources, students will be able to trace the historical development of the civil rights movement in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and describe the roles of political organizations that promoted civil...

Two-part lesson plan teaches students about the impact of the Progressive Movement on women's suffrage. Students will learn about rights, reform, Woodrow Wilson, and the 19th Amendment. Links to related learning material for students and...

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.

Check out this interactive timeline that documents the history women's right to vote in the United States.

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...

Here is an 11-page report written by Jessie Daniel Ames, the president of the Texas League of Women Voters, which details the founding of the League of Women Voters and their activities following the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

This resource divides her life into the following parts: abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.

Encyclopedia Britannica site provides a general overview of the history of woman suffrage in the United States and throughout the world.

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.

This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of voting rights in the United States.

A short description of one of the arguments for women's right to vote.

Though the suffrage movement failed to exclude African-American women, and many obstacles came in the way of their voting (e.g., poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.), "African-American women were not strangers to community activism." Learn...

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.

Wives, mothers, and grandmothers were arrested outside the White House! Learn the circumstances behind this story in this 3 page article as they protested for the right to vote. Photographs and actual programs can be seen here.

Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...

Arrested for "illegal voting", suffragist Susan B. Anthony was put on trial, which is chronicled here using historical documents, testimony, and primary source material.

Comprehensive site on Susan B. Anthony and her battle for women's rights. Find information and documents on her speeches, complete trial records, her petition to Congress, the 19th Amendment. Also includes a chronology of her life as...