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Women's History Minute: Suffrage

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The American West may have been a wild place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but they were far more progressive than eastern states in granting women the right to vote. A brief video outlines how Wyoming and other western states lead the struggle.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
women's history, women's history month, famous women, women's movements, women's rights, women's suffrage, suffrage, suffragists, the suffrage movement, the nineteenth amendment, the voting rights act, wyoming
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Instructional Ideas
  • Assign pairs several states to research and have them report on when women in those states earned the right to vote in national elections
  • Use the video as an introduction to the struggle for women's suffrage
Classroom Considerations
  • The video provides only a brief overview of the quest for women's voting rights
Pros
  • A map showing when women gained the right to vote in each state
  • A link is provided to resources for teaching tolerance, discussion questions, and a vocabulary list
Cons
  • None