Curated Video
How bicycles boosted the women's rights movement
Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle did "more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's...
Curated Video
Embedding women's rights into constitutions
Thomson Reuters Foundation. In countries of the Arab Spring, new constitutions offer an opportunity to embed women's rights in the very fabric of the state. But many rights activists have expressed concern that, despite women's major...
Wonderscape
Women's Right to Vote: Understanding the Nineteenth Amendment
Delve into the history and significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, also known as women's suffrage. Explore the early years of the suffrage movement, including the...
TED Talks
TED: To future generations of women, you are the roots of change | Gloria Steinem
Activist and author Gloria Steinem is an icon of the global feminist movement. She's spent her life defying stereotypes, breaking social barriers and fighting for equality. In conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Steinem...
Wonderscape
The End of Jim Crow and the Fight for Civil Rights
Follow the relentless struggle for civil rights in the face of Jim Crow laws, from early desegregation efforts to the historic marches in Selma. Learn about the pivotal events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - Women In The Progressive Era
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
Bedtime History
Helen Keller’s Inspiring Life
Helen Keller was a pioneer in the disability rights movement. She was also a pacifist, advocate for workers’ rights, and supporter of women’s suffrage. Her life began with childhood struggles when she lost the ability to both see or...
Curated Video
Susan Clark Holley: Breaking Barriers in Education
Facing racial barriers in 19th-century Iowa, Susan Clark Holley’s legal battle pioneered school desegregation, laying early groundwork for the monumental Brown v. Board of Education case.
60 Second Histories
Mrs Pankhurst – marriage
Emmeline discusses marriage and her early life in the suffragist movement
60 Second Histories
Emmeline Pankhurst; becoming a suffragist
Emmeline Pankhurst introduces herself, her early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.
Curated Video
Universal Suffrage
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, women suffragists were the catalysts for women’s reform and the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
The Cynical Historian
The History of Feminism
Feminism has a deep history that reactionaries ignore for the sake of hate-filled clickbait. If you choose to understand, you may actually benefit. But to actually understand feminism, much like anything, you have to understand its...
Curated Video
Malala Yousafzai on Refugees, Advocacy, and the Girl Power Trip
Broadly's Ariel Wengroff sat down with social advocate and activist, Malala Yousafzai at the UN headquarters in New York to speak about her work advocating for women's and children's rights and education, and to discuss her new project,...
Free School
Biography of Mary Cassatt for Kids: Famous Artists for Children - FreeSchool
Mary Cassatt was an American artist and a member of the Impressionist art movement in France in the late 19th century. Most famous for her paintings of mothers and children, she was also a staunch supporter of women's rights and...
Global Ethics Solutions
Respect and Fair Treatment: A Fair and Equitable Workplace
A fair and equitable workplace is a respectful workplace! This basic respect and fair treatment course teaches employees the foundations of a fair and equitable workplace based on core respect principles. Topics include defining a fair...
National Woman's History Museum
Women's History Minute: Suffrage
The American West may have been a wild place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but they were far more progressive than eastern states in granting women the right to vote. A brief video outlines how Wyoming and other western...
PBS
Taking the Reins: Women in Politics | Idaho Experience
May Arkwright Hutton may not be a familiar name to some but she played a major role in Idaho's Suffrage Movement. An entrepreneur, Hutton used her wealth to promote suffrage. A short video introduces viewers to the work of this...
PBS
The Fight for Full Access to Voting Rights Continues | Carrie Chapman Catt
"Hard Won, Not Done" is the big idea behind a short PBS video that celebrates the efforts of early suffragists like Carrie Chapman Catt and underscores the work that still needs to be done to ensure voting rights for all U.S. citizens.
Biography
Susan B. Anthony - Abolitionist | Mini Bio
How did Susan B. Anthony change the course of history for women in the United States? Introduce the passionate work that both Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton put forth for women's rights and the suffrage movement in the early...
PBS
Roe v. Wade
Scholars research and discuss the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in the early 1970s. They answer and reflect on the topic of abortion using discussion questions as a guide. They form their opinions of exactly what role the government...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Publication of The Feminine Mystique
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, it was considered a manifesto for women who suffered from the problem that has no name. Clips from authors and historians, as well as the writer herself, help class members consider the...
A&E Television
Rosa Parks: Mini Biography
Discover the fascinating story of Rosa Parks, including the realities of segregation she was forced to face throughout her life, her monumental role in sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her continued fight for social...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Women's Movement
This is a collection of eight short videos designed to cover the two waves of Women's Movement in the United States: The first wave in the 19th and early 20th century with leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Founding Mothers of the United States of America: An Overview
In this video, journalist and best selling author Cokie Roberts and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson introduce the 'Founding Mothers'. Specifically focusing on Abigail Adams. [8:04]