City University of New York
The 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Who gets to vote? Learn more about struggles for suffrage throughout United States history with a lesson based on primary source documents. Middle schoolers debate the importance of women's suffrage and African American suffrage before...
City University of New York
The Split Over Suffrage
Compare and contrast Frederick Douglass's and the National Women's Suffrage Association's stances on equal rights and suffrage with a series of documents and worksheets. Learners work together or independently to complete the packet, and...
Curated OER
Antebellum Revivalism and Reform
A gold mine for American history teachers, this presentation cascades through the middle of the 19th century with the central themes of moral and social reform. Between the blossoming Mormon church, the tightening of the Temperance...
Curated OER
Ballots, Bloomers and Boycotts
Students compare a controversial issue or policy in need of reform in their classroom to the suffrage movement of the 1800's. They research important figures in the suffrage movement, produce written pieces and complete worksheets.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Who Were the Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage and Equality Movements?
Young scholars complete a unit of lessons on the women who contributed to the early Women's Rights Movement in the U.S. They conduct Internet research, examine images online, develop a list of women, complete a worksheet, and create a...
Curated OER
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Suffragist
Young scholars examine one woman's impact on a nation. For this suffragette lesson, students are introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and examine her involvement in both the anti-slavery and woman's movement. Young scholars compare the...
Curated OER
Integrity - Stanton Style
Learners explore the contributions of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In this character education lesson, students read a handout regarding Stanton's life. Learners respond to discussion questions regarding her philanthropic work.
Curated OER
The Ballot Box Battle
Students practice note taking skills, study the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and write a persuasive letter. They listen to the picture book biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and use the information from the biography to write a...
Curated OER
Women's Rights Historic Sites
Students use maps, readings, floor plans, photos and cartoons to research the conditions of upstate New York in the first half of the 19th century, examine the issues that led to Women's Rights Convention of 1848 and consider current...
Curated OER
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Students recognize that all people have rights and should be treated equal, describe some ways that women's rights have changed through time, and identify the contributions Elizabeth Stanton has made to womens' rights.
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: The Seneca Falls Declaration 1848
Full text of the Senaca Falls Declaration of Sentiments authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1848.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Women's Suffrage
Find out about women's suffrage not only in the United States, but around the world. An interactive map displays the dates women gained their right to vote.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage
Amelia Bloomer was a prominent advocate of women's rights in the 19th century. She invented bloomers to replace the skirt hoop, in an effort to free women from much of their cumbersome apparel. She later used her newspaper, The Lily, to...
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Congressional Debates Over 19th Amendment
Read a summary of the debate in Congressional hearings about women's suffrage from 1869-1893. It's interesting to see the arguments against the enfranchisement of women along side the reasons for giving women the vote.
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.
PBS
Pbs: Not for Ourselves Alone
This site, a companion to a PBS program, explores the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. With ample use of video and audio commentary, the site chronicles their work, their friendship and thus the history of the...
Other
Www Virtual Library: Amdocs: The Seneca Falls Declaration (1848)
The full text of the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, by women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Emory University
Emory: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Progress of the American Woman
At this site you can read Elizabeth Cady Stanton's essay, "Progress of the American Woman," which was published in 1900. Learn about the struggles women faced at the turn of the 20th century as they fought for equality. Also, read about...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This NPS website contains a biography on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the driving force behind the 1848 Convention and a leader in the women's rights movement.
US National Archives
National Archives: Extending Suffrage to Women
The passage of the 15th Amendment sparked the Women's Suffrage Movement. Students will analyze documents pertaining to the Suffrage Movement such as letters from prominent suffragists, anti-suffrage postcards, photos from parades, and...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Report of the Women's Rights Convention
Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Woman Suffrage
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to explore the broad context of the women's suffrage...
Other
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Draft Elizabeth Cady Stanton's the Woman's Bible
This site features a draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible and summarizing text from Library of Congress.