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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the arguments for and against suffrage for women in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They explore various websites, read and discuss primary source documents, develop a document from two points of view, and analyze...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Votes for Women

For Students 5th - 6th
In this 20th century events worksheet, students read about the voting rights earned by women in the 20th century. Students learn the terms suffrage and suffragettes. Students answer 4 questions about the information.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to women's suffrage in the 1800s are presented here accompanied by teaching ideas. There is a script called 'Failure is Impossible' that was commissioned by the National Archives, as well as petitions, proposed...
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Handout
Other

University of Michigan: Susan B. Anthony House: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource divides her life into the following parts: abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
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Website
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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Handout
Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Theodora Winton Youmans and Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Theodora Winton Youmans is attributed with changing public perceptions of women's suffrage in Wisconsin so that the state became the first to support it in 1919. She did this by pushing for change in federal laws, even going against her...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: 10 Suffragists Arrested, Picketing

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
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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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Website
Other

The Susan B. Anthony House

For Students 9th - 10th
A visit to the house where Susan B. Anthony lived in her later years is very informative. The resource also offers a virtual tour.
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Graphic
Curated OER

"The Sky Is Now Her Limit" Suffrage Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Sky is Now Her Limit" suffrage illustration.