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Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography: Julia Ward Howe

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive profile of the life of American poet and reformer, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). She is best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Woodrow Wilson

For Students 3rd - 8th
President Woodrow Wilson had more than his share of difficulties during his term in office. The Library of Congress has a site with information, authentic pictures, and video.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site at the Library of Congress includes information on Anthony's trial in 1873 for her attempt to vote the year before. There is a graphic of her own copy of "An Account on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" as well as other...
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Kansas Historical Society

Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit addresses this temperance advocate and reformer's life and times.
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Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Famous 5: Heroes for Today: Emily Murphy

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides some excellent information about Emily Murphy--both for the educator and the learner. Information and photos on her private life allow users a glimpse into Emily Murphy as few knew her. Links to her public life and...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Eleanor Roosevelt, American Visionary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.
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Website
Other

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Project: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Project raised funds and commissioned a statue in Sojourner Truth's honor in Florence, Massachusetts. This resource gives information about her and describes the evolution of the project. Links for...
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Curated OER

Sage American History: The Progressive Era: 1896 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Photograph of women parading in support of women's suffrage.
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Curated OER

Library of Congress: American Memory: Mrs. Belle Sherwin

For Students 9th - 10th
Mrs. Belle Sherwin, president of the National League of Women Voters, casts her ballot, 1928.
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Primary
The History Place

The History Place: The Destructive Male

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides the text to a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the Destructive Male. In this speech, given in 1868 by Stanton at the Women's Suffrage Convention, she gives her views on how males have...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward (Mary Augusta Ward)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the works of Mrs. Humphry Ward including the full text of two novels Helena and Miss Bretherton. Mary Agusta Ward, a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs. Humphry Ward, worked to improve education...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Mary Eliza Church Terrell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Mary Church Terrell, American social activist who was cofounder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women. She was an early civil rights advocate, an educator, an author, and a lecturer on woman...
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Other

Lucretia Coffin Mott Papers Project: About Lucretia Coffin Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains biographical information about Lucretia Mott and also contains a chronology of her life.
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TES Global

Tes: 'Ain't I a Woman?' and 'I Have a Dream'

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this series of activities, students will compare Sojouner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". Students will look at literal and implied...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Sojourner Truth

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise biography highlights the life of Sojourner Truth including her role not only in the abolition movement but also for women's rights.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 3rd - 8th
A biography of the passionate Susan B. Anthony. What accomplishments of hers forever changed the path of the United States?
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Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Arrested for "illegal voting", suffragist Susan B. Anthony was put on trial, which is chronicled here using historical documents, testimony, and primary source material.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Book World: Mc Clung, Nellie Letitia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief biography of Nellie Letitia McClung.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive lesson plan examines at the Chautauqua phenomenon in the early 20th century with looks at topics such as World War I, women's suffrage, the Progressive Era, and science and technology. Discussion questions are...
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Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas in Transition: Railroads, Oil, and the Rise of Urban Texas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of lesson plans that explore the changes that have taken place in Texas as a result of the railroad and oil industries. There are case studies of the impact of urbanization on six Texas cities, as well as online exhibits on...
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Unit Plan
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Dirksen Congressional Center:congress for Kids: Introduction to the Constitution

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the history of the United States Constitution: information about the writing the Constitution, the Great Compromise, the Constitution's signers, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments to the Constitution, federal powers, checks and...
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Article
University of Oxford (UK)

American National Biography: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, woman suffragist and writer of the 1800s.
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Savvas Learning

Pearson: Government by the People

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy to follow flow chart that shows how the term "Government by the people," has changed over the years. Make sure to click on each box of information to get a more in depth description.

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