The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Constitution: Women's Right to Vote
Information and activities that underscore the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which legalized women's right to vote.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Taking It to the Voters
After the Great War ended, women in Texas redoubled their efforts to gain the right to vote. Read this article to see how the Texas Equal Suffrage Association devoted their time to the passage of the amendment and how conflict emerged...
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Women's Fight for the Vote
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.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Woman
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Kevin Kenny, "Insiders & Outsiders in 19th Century American Immigration"
This article focuses on the history of who were the insiders (with rights) and the outsiders (without rights) in the early history of the US (prior to the 14th Ammendment. It was largely based on race not citizenship.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The American Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Given primary and secondary resources, students will be able to trace the historical development of the civil rights movement in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and describe the roles of political organizations that promoted civil...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Empire Building
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay about American focus on foreign affairs after the Civil War, expanding particularly in the late 19th century. Read about U.S. exploits in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific...
Scholastic
Scholastic: u.s. Constitution Changes With the Times
Clear, concise overview of the "voting" amendments to the Constitution. Includes quotes from 20th century Justices and Presidents about Amendments they thought were needed.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Semantic Constitution
A review of the U.S. Constitution is presented by topics and concepts. A full list of topics gives an alphabetical listing, that when clicked, provides the actual text.
US National Archives
Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service
Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...
Library of Congress
Loc: Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures 1850 1920
This extensive and varied resource shares images of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Conduct a keyword search to explore the collection.
Other
Earliest Voices: William Jennings Bryan
This resource features historic voice recordings of William Jennings Bryan. There are recordings of many famous orations by him on various political topics, the most famous being his "Cross of Gold" speech. A biography and downloadable...
Other
Fair Vote: X's and O's: A History of the Voting Rights Act and African Americans
Documented essay on the history of black suffrage in American and the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Library of Congress
Loc: Women of Protest: Photographs From National Woman's Party
Find a collection of photographs from the Library of Congress that show the militant tactics of the National Woman's Party in its support of woman's suffrage. In addition to the photographs, there are articles about this branch of the...
Other
Emazine: The "Gilded Age" in the United States
This article from a wider history of the world focuses on presidential administrations from Benjamin Harrison in 1890 through the Wilson administration. Read about the domestic policies and foreign affairs from 1890-1920.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
Other
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.
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Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Tactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]
This comprehensive essay lays out the tactics the National Woman's Party used in its campaign to obtain women's suffrage. In addition to an explanation of the various tactics are many photographs from the Library of Congress' Records of...
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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]
Other
Feminist.com: Taking a New Look at the Woman Suffrage Movement
An article on the historical aspects of the women's suffrage movement, with a feminist viewpoint.
University of California
The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement
Although the campaign for Woman Suffrage in the United States began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, six decades later the leaders of the movement could claim victories in only four, sparsely-populated Western states, Colorado,...
US National Archives
Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform Votes for Women
Check out this wonderful interactive site from the National Archives and Records Administration, to learn about the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era. See photos and primary documents related to the topic (click to...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Woman Suffrage
Encyclopedia Britannica site provides a general overview of the history of woman suffrage in the United States and throughout the world.