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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835 1930)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical essay on Rebecca Latimer Felton, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and also a reformer associated with woman suffrage and women's rights.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: Elections & Voting

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief discussion of Americans' right to vote and how federal elections happen.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Lowering the Voting Age: Nixon and the 26th Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity encourages young scholars to think critically about the history and importance of the 26th Amendment, that granted the right to vote to American citizens aged eighteen or older.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Carrie Chapman Catt: "The Crisis"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Carrie Chapman Catt's speech "The Crisis" on the topic of Woman's Suffrage delivered on September 7, 1916, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Election Central: Inside the Voting Booth

For Students 9th - 10th
"Voting Time Machine," which presents case studies from different decades introduces students to the history of suffrage in America. Students prepare for the time when they can to vote through a customized, printable voter registration...
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Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Lucretia Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
Lucretia Mott argued as ardently for women's rights as for black rights, including suffrage, education, and economic aid.
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Website
Other

Post Gazette: 23 District of Columbia Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a brief explanation of what the 23rd amendment does and where it originated.
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Primary
The History Place

The History Place: On Women's Right to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the speech given by Susan B. Anthony after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She was tried for this but refused to pay the $100 fine.
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Handout
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Women's Fight for the Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how women won the right to vote. Read a brief history of the women's suffrage movement and the text of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: "Seneca Falls Address"

For Students 9th - 10th
A powerful call for women's rights, particularly for suffrage, expressed in the "Declaration of Sentiments" and issued at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Includes discussion questions.
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Website
University of Virginia

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 19th century women's reform movement as well as primary resources including the Seneca Falls Declaration & Resolutions, an editorial by Frederick Douglass, and excerpts form "History of Woman Suffrage."
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Primary
US National Archives

Nara: Featured Documents: The Constitution the 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Records and Administration site provides a look at the original copy of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which awarded women the right to vote in the United States.
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Handout
Other

Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary: Lydia Maria Child

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Lydia Child's involvement with the abolition movement and her work in the 19th century women's suffrage movement.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Jeannette Rankin (1880 1973)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia article tells the story of Jeannette Rankin who was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was involved in the women's suffrage movement.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Resources for the Study of Nineteenth Century Women's Rights Reformers

For Students 9th - 10th
The developers "Not For Ourselves Alone," a PBS documentary about the lives and work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, have compiled a collection of resources useful to any study of the history of women's suffrage in...
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Features detailed biographical information on women's rights leaders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Follow key events in the suffrage movement, examine historical documents and essays, and take a look at where women are...
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Primary
Other

Sweet Briar College: Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Sweet Briar College is the text of a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1867 on the first anniversary of the American Equal Rights Association. In the speech, she focuses on the premise that suffrage is a...
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Website
Other

Georgetown College: Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
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Website
Other

U.s. History Timeline: 1865 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A thumbnail look at the many things occurring in the United States in the last half half of the 19th century. The topics covered are Gilded Age Politics, the "New Imperialism," Industrial America, Growth of Labor, Urbanization,...
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PPT
Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Virginia State History 20th Century (1900 1920) [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Delve into Virginia's pivotal role in America's early 20th century through this slideshow. Students can visualize WWI, Virginia's naval bases, and other events such as the suffrage movement and prohibition in Virginia. The slideshow...
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Website
Northern Illinois University

Illinois During the Guilded Age: Frances E. Willard, 1839 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to read interpretative essays and watch several short videos discussing the many facets of Frances Willlard's life including her work with the temperance movement and women's' suffrage.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
See a sculptured bust and read a brief biography of Susan B. Anthony, foremost supporter of women's suffrage.
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Website
US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Early Congresswomen's Backgrounds

For Students 7th - 9th
The first women in Congress paved the way for women's suffrage. Examine the backgrounds of these women to see what characteristics helped propel them to Congress.
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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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