Article
Other

Afl Cio: Time for Working Women to Earn Equal Pay

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the impact of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in achieving equal pay for women. Links to related articles.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Learning Media: Why Should Women Vote? The Suffrage Question

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students view eleven different documents arguing both for and against women's right to vote. They must click and drag them in the order that they were created. As they work, they need to make a list of the arguments...
Website
US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Many groups and women leaders worked tirelessly to advance women's rights in society, specifically the right to vote. This tireless effort paid off with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Examine the early strides in the women's...
Handout
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Patsy Takemoto Mink

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography and tribute to Patsy Mink (1927-2002 CE) from the Women's Hall of Fame. Article describes her work for women of all color during the turbulent Women's Rights Movement years.
Website
Other

Anarchy Archives: Emma Goldman's Collected Works

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the book "Anarchism and Other Essays" here on this site. Includes a biographical sketch of Goldman and several essays pertaining to women's rights.
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Women Outside the Compass 1880 1922

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on women and the push toward equality in which students analyze primary source text and images to evaluate the significance of women working for equal rights.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Women in Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jewish Virtual Library offers links to different articles over the status of women in Israel such as women in public life, the status of women in Israel, and more.
Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: A Brief History of Women's Rights Movements

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.
Activity
Other

Women in Military Service for America Memorial: World War I: Women and the War

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the many roles women played at home and overseas during World War I. Besides being nurses, women worked as telephone operators, and in transportation. Read how their service enhanced the women's movement.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Working for Freedom: Susan B. Anthony [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to aid understanding of Susan B. Anthony's contributions to the women's suffrage movement. Students will look at the language of the...
Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: Why Women Want to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers and other women want the right to vote? This suffrage broadside provides answers. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Article
Other

World Press: Women Work Toward Equality in Muslim Societies

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the the different movements and work being done to advance the equality of women in Muslim societies.Actions of organizations such as WISE who have advocated the training of woman as religious guides, organized an international...
Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer.
Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery: Unity of Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Emily Carr, Katharine Maltwood and Myfanwy Pavelic contributed significantly to the West Coast Canadian art scene. This virtual exhibition by the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery at the University of Victoria gives great tribute to the...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: The New Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
Although women rejoiced in gaining the right to vote in 1920, the women's movement stalled during this time. Read about the problems within the movement and opposition from outside the movement.
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: A Movement in the Right Direction (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this infographic to show students how two different approaches to the women's suffrage movement worked to grant women the right to vote.
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Women and Minorities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Although the colonial period produced several women writers of note, the revolutionary era did not further the work of women and minorities, despite the many schools, magazines, newspapers, and literary clubs that were springing up....
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Suffragists and Their Tactics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners work with two document collections, "Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures: 1850-1920" and "Votes for Women: 1848-1921", to understand how the suffragists changed the requirements for voting in America.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906 CE), the reformer and political writer who, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Winning the Vote

For Students 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the women's suffrage movement working to gain the right to vote for all women. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Women in the Gilded Age

For Students 5th - 8th
The roles available to women increased during the urbanization of America. Find out how the women's sphere of the home expanded into the community. See what new jobs were availabe to single, middle-class women, and read about how...
Handout
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: "Mother" Mary Harris Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame recognizes the important and influential life work of the famous labor organizer and worker's rights activist "Mother" Jones.
Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Anne Spencer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and works of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer who lived her entire life in Virginia and fought for equal rights for African Americans.
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Other

The Julian of Norwich Website/life and Works of Julian

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief biography of Julian of Norwich, which is then followed by almost 70 links to sources about her life and works. Click on "Showing of Love" in the third line for both text and analysis. An amazing number of resources.