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Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage
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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Votes for Women
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.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
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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University of Michigan: Susan B. Anthony House: Susan B. Anthony
This resource divides her life into the following parts: abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Minnie Fisher Cunningham
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.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Theodora Winton Youmans and Women's Suffrage
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...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: 10 Suffragists Arrested, Picketing
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.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Fight for the Nineteenth: The Fight for Women's Suffrage
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Nineteenth Amendment
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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The Susan B. Anthony House
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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"The Sky Is Now Her Limit" Suffrage Illustration
"The Sky is Now Her Limit" suffrage illustration.