Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898: Reform in the Gilded Age
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Path to Women's Suffrage
Students analyze maps and primary documents and share stories of the Westward Expansion relating to gaining women's suffrage.
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Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Historical Overview of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]
Read this historical overview of the National Woman's Party, an organization focused on giving women the right to vote. Find out about some of the important figures in the fight and the ways the women tried to push their agenda. [pdf]
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Timeline: World War I
This timeline detail American women's involvement in World War I.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Anti Suffragists
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry instructional activity allows students to study a speech and anti-suffrage...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: On the March: Women of the Peace Movement
American women's peace advocacy has roots in 19th century U.S and European movements.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Extending Suffrage to Women
In this activity, students will analyze documents pertaining to the women's suffrage movement as it intensified following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American males. Documents were chosen...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Madam c.j. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist. She rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Getting With the Program
American women's contributions to the invention and formation of computer programing.
Other
American Historical Association: Angie Debo
Learn about the life and work of Angie Debo, an American historian who worked to help Native Americans gain civil rights.
The History Place
The History Place: African Americans in World War Ii
An excellent overview of ground-breaking African Americans who participated in the World War II effort in the European and Pacific fronts. Also highlights awards, honors and African American women in the War.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Women's History Month
This site highlights historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units which commemorate the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...
Other
Women's International Center: Women's History in America
This site discusses the social conditions in America that led to the Women's Movement, along with some women's world history.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill
Female and minority veterans faced difficulties accessing their GI Bill benefits.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sojourner Truth
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), a woman whose "Visions," led her on a crusade to preach of God's goodness, of the abolitionist movement, and of the women's rights movement.
Other
Ipu: Women's Suffrage
American women could run for election in 1788, but could not vote until 1920. This and other ironies are revealed in this timeline that shows the progression of women's political rights in countries from around the world.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Women's Suffrage at Last
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.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Women's Movement
An overview of the Women's Movement and the changes that took place during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Purdue University
Purdue University: Pottery by American Indian Women
A fabulous collection of information and photos of American Indian potters. There are several color images and multiple pages of the history behind these talented artists.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: The Final Years: 1864 1865
Article on the final events of the Civil War including Sherman's Campaign, Lincoln's re-election, assassination, and Appomatox. The author also discusses the role of women, politics and diplomacy, financial matters, and war legacy. Links...
Other
Washington and Lee University: Black History Month: Maggie Lena Walker
Maggie L. Walker was the first female bank president of the United States. Learn about the life and work of this African American teacher and entrepreneur. This brief biography includes accompanying audio [1:49], as well as a...
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Sojourner Truth
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides a brief biography of the famous abolitionist and former slave, Sojourner Truth.