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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
(1815-1902) Worked with Lucretia Mott for woman's rights.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Lesson Plan
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls and Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
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
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Library of Congress

Loc: Seneca Falls Convention Scrapbook

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The History Place

The History Place: Great Speeches Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: We Shall Overcome: A Party on Potus [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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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.
Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Women's Suffrage

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Congressional Debates Over 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

National Archives: Extending Suffrage to Women

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Report of the Women's Rights Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.
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Other

Library Bulletin: Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical sketch of Lucy Stone includes numerous links to related sites and articles about this early american feminist and abolitionist.
Website
Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Women's History

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Seneca Falls and Building a Movement, 1776 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the Seneca Falls convention is told through words, pictures, and primary sources.
Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Declaration of Sentiments" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of Virginia

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
Activity
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Susan B. Anthony a Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: History of Women's Suffrage

For Students 1st - 8th
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...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the life of Susan B. Anthony. Highlights her accomplishments as well as her involvement with the women's rights movement.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

For Students 9th - 10th
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...