Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(1815-1902) Worked with Lucretia Mott for woman's rights.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Learn about the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on their gender. Includes discussion of Susan B. Anthony's and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's contributions...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls and Suffrage
Using the Chester Comix panels, students will explore and discuss the Suffrage Movement, the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention and the contributions to equality made by four key figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
Library of Congress
Loc: Seneca Falls Convention Scrapbook
Explore digital photographs of newspaper clippings about the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights in 1848. Includes a photo depicting Stanton in the controversial bloomer outfit.
The History Place
The History Place: Great Speeches Collection
This site from The History Place provides a good selection of historical and relatively modern speeches from many English-speaking countries. Each speech is set up in its historic context. Many are available with audio links.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: We Shall Overcome: A Party on Potus [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs students in a role-playing dramatization involving past presidents of the United States and activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Women's Suffrage
Find out about women's suffrage not only in the United States, but around the world. An interactive map displays the dates women gained their right to vote.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage
Amelia Bloomer was a prominent advocate of women's rights in the 19th century. She invented bloomers to replace the skirt hoop, in an effort to free women from much of their cumbersome apparel. She later used her newspaper, The Lily, to...
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Congressional Debates Over 19th Amendment
Read a summary of the debate in Congressional hearings about women's suffrage from 1869-1893. It's interesting to see the arguments against the enfranchisement of women along side the reasons for giving women the vote.
US National Archives
National Archives: Extending Suffrage to Women
The passage of the 15th Amendment sparked the Women's Suffrage Movement. Students will analyze documents pertaining to the Suffrage Movement such as letters from prominent suffragists, anti-suffrage postcards, photos from parades, and...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Report of the Women's Rights Convention
Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.
Other
Library Bulletin: Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement
A comprehensive list of books and documents available in the University of Rochester Rare Books and Special Collections exhibit of 1995. Brief summaries of the books, documents and their authors are available at this site.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Stone
This biographical sketch of Lucy Stone includes numerous links to related sites and articles about this early american feminist and abolitionist.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Women's History
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around women's political history. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Library of Congress
Loc: Seneca Falls and Building a Movement, 1776 1890
The story of the Seneca Falls convention is told through words, pictures, and primary sources.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Declaration of Sentiments" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Declaration of Sentiments." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show feminism are red, and details...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?
Which women made significant contributions to the early Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.? In this teaching unit, students will discover the women involved in the formative years of the struggle for women's rights and the history of...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments
This resource gives an introduction to "The Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Conference in 1848, which demanded rights for women, as well as a full text accompanying it.
University of Virginia
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement
Read about the 19th century women's reform movement as well as primary resources including the Seneca Falls Declaration & Resolutions, an editorial by Frederick Douglass, and excerpts form "History of Woman Suffrage."
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Susan B. Anthony a Biography
Short biographical sketch describing early feminist Susan B. Anthony and her role as a leader in the suffrage and temperance movements. Linked to the Susan B. Anthony Trial Homepage.
Scholastic
Scholastic: History of Women's Suffrage
This site summarizes the history of women's suffrage throughout various countries and continents, including: United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, Africa, etc. It also briefly includes the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Susan B. Anthony
A detailed look at the life of Susan B. Anthony. Highlights her accomplishments as well as her involvement with the women's rights movement.
Library of Congress
Loc: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant
This site at the Library of Congress includes information on Anthony's trial in 1873 for her attempt to vote the year before. There is a graphic of her own copy of "An Account on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" as well as other...