US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment/lessons
This National Archives and Records Administration site briefly discusses the background of the 19th Amendment and offers primary sources, activities, and links to related web sited for educators and students.
Read Works
Read Works: Suffrage Wins in Senate
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 1919 news article about the Senate passage of the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Great War & Jazz Age (1914 1928)
This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Timeline and Map of Woman Suffrage Legislation State by State 1838 1919
Interactive maps show the woman suffrage campaign year-by-year and state-by-state from 1838-1919.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Passage of the 19th Amendment
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University comprises a series of articles from the New York Times detailing the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Congress and the battle to get the...
Library of Congress
Loc: Constitution of the Natl American Woman Suffrage Assoc
This short narrative describes the creation of NAWSA and the strategies used to successfully obtain enfranchisement for women along with a link to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection home page.
University of Pennsylvania
Suffrage Songs and Verses by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This is the full text of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1911 pamphlet that served to encourage women to rally to the cause of woman suffrage.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Radical Reconstruction, 1867 1872
This section explains the purpose of the second phase of Reconstruction and some of the key legislation put forward by Congress, describes the impeachment of President Johnson, and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the Fifteenth...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Women Suffrage Before the Amendment, August 1, 1920
A map of the United States showing the progression of suffrage prior to the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution, ratified on August 18, 1920. "The map shows the status of women suffrage, or the right of women to vote on an equality...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Women's Equality Day
Kids learn about Women's Equality Day. The history and facts about this holiday that celebrates the 19th amendment.
iCivics
I Civics: A Movement in the Right Direction (Infographic)
Use this infographic to show learners how two different approaches to the women's suffrage movement worked to grant women the right to vote.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Susan B. Anthony
In this lesson, students will learn about Susan B. Anthony and her fight for what she believed in. Students will identify Susan B. Anthony's actions that make her an agent for change.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The 14th and 15th Amendments
Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Battle to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
In this interactive lesson, students examine the arguments, leadership, messaging, and tactics of leading women's organizations involved in the battle over ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 19th Amendment
Description of the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Dirksen Congressional Center:congress for Kids: Introduction to the Constitution
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...
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.
Other
Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
University of Maryland
Mith: Women's Studies Database: How "Sex" Got Into Title Vii
Interesting perspective on the ground-breaking Title VII. It includes much of the behind the scenes information on the passing of the bill that had such an impact on women's rights. Comprehensive description of the ERA's history, dating...
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell
Antoinette Blackwell was the first American woman to be ordained as a minister. She was a champion of woman's rights and lived to vote at age 95 after the adoption of the 19th amendment into the U.S. Constitution.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Woodrow Wilson
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.
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.
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...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: African American Women and the Vote
Though the suffrage movement failed to exclude African-American women, and many obstacles came in the way of their voting (e.g., poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.), "African-American women were not strangers to community activism." Learn...