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This Extending Suffrage to Women interactive also includes:
- Student Activity
- Appeal for a Sixteenth Amendment
- Anti-Suffrage Postcards from Wallace Ellis to the Honorable Homer P. Snyder
- Form Letter from E. Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone
- Joint Resolution Proposing the Fifteenth Amendment
- Letter to Congress from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Others
- Memorial of Alice Wadsworth of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
- Petition Asking for a Committee on Woman Suffrage in the House of Representatives
- Petition from the Texas Woman Suffrage Association
- Suffrage Parade
- Tennessee's Ratification of the 19th Amendment
- Record of Conviction in U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony
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Votes for women! The activity highlights the push for the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. High school scholars learn how the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the right to vote helped to spark the women's suffrage movement. Academics review a series of documents and arrange them in chronological order leading up to the Nineteenth Amendment. Young historians also complete written prompts and participate in group discussion to gain an understanding of the movement and its motivations.
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america, american culture, the united states, constitutional amendments, the fifteenth amendment, the nineteenth amendment, suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage, famous women, women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, susan b. anthony, elizabeth cady stanton, equal rights, constitutional rights, natural rights, voting rights, constitutional law, the constitution, the united states constitution, voting, citizenship, american history, american democracy
Instructional Ideas
- Have pupils conduct further research on Elizabeth Cady Stanton or Susan B. Anthony
- Compare and contrast the suffrage movement to other civil rights issues in the US
Classroom Considerations
- A portion of the activity is completed online
Pros
- Activity is great for Women's History Month
- The resource highlights the achievements of female leaders
Cons
- None