Website
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.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Seneca Falls Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Short essay on the Seneca Falls Convention, illustrated with portraits of four key drivers behind the convention: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Women's Rights

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about some outspoken women in the 1830s and 1840s, who began speaking out for reforms of many kinds, particularly on the issue of slavery and the rights of women to vote. The Seneca Falls Declaration pushed this idea of equality.
Website
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."
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Women's Rights: How Five Women Changed the World

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces the Women's Rights National Historical Park. Touches on information about the Seneca Falls Convention and the signing of the Declaration of Sentiments. Hyperlinks lead to additional information.
Website
Other

Georgetown College: Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: "Republican Motherhood"

For Students 5th - 8th
Although brief, this article makes clear the change in the role and perception of women in the new United States. See why it was deemed important for women to have the chance to be educated.
Website
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
Website
PBS

Pbs: Resources for the Study of Nineteenth Century Women's Rights Reformers

For Students 9th - 10th
The developers "Not For Ourselves Alone," a PBS documentary about the lives and work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, have compiled a collection of resources useful to any study of the history of women's suffrage in...
Website
Rutgers University

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Find documents by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the extensive collection from Rutgers University.
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Places Where Women Made History: Elizabeth Cady Stanton House

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the life, and achievements of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902). Tells how her experiences in the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House led to her role as an activist for women's rights.