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Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 26th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, simple summary with the full text of the 26th amendment detailing giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Voting Rights Act of 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to prevent discrimination and protect voting rights. It was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, to safeguard the right to vote of Black Americans and ban the use of...
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Other

Victory for the Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of the suffragists and the contemporary status of women's rights in the current political scene.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Women's Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Such social reforms brought many women to a realization of their own unequal position in society. From colonial times, unmarried women had enjoyed many of the same legal rights as men, although custom required that they marry early. With...
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Other

Lucretia Coffin Mott Papers Project: About Lucretia Coffin Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains biographical information about Lucretia Mott and also contains a chronology of her life.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Progress, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Women, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
Arguments by women for and against the extension of the vote to women. This resource primarily focuses on, "If Men Were Seeking the Franchise," by Jane Addams, used to project domestic values upon government and the state.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Jeannette Rankin (1880 1973)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a brief biographical sketch on Jeannette Rankin, a women's rights activist who was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Her Story

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Eleanor Roosevelt, American Visionary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Peterloo Massacre, 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
Text from Selections of Sources of English History, printed in 1920, about the Peterloo Massacre.
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: Individual's Impact on the Nation's Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the impact of social reformers in the 19th century including women's rights, temperance, care for the mentally ill, and education.
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Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Women's Trade Union League

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Chicago branch of the Women's Trade Union League and its alliance between women workers and upper-class women who supported their cause.
Website
Historica Canada

Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Emily Murphy

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource profiling Emily Murphy. As one of "The Famous Five", she became deeply involved in women's rights and politics and won the fight to have women declared as 'legal' persons in Canada. She was also Canada's first female...
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides a brief biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an educator, abolitionist, editor, attorney, and feminist of the Civil War era.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Delve into the writing of Louisa May Alcott when you check out this resource. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for "Little Women" along with biographical information on Alcott.
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TES Global

Tes: 'Ain't I a Woman?' and 'I Have a Dream'

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this series of activities, students will compare Sojouner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". Students will look at literal and implied...
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Other

Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources, such as a timeline of women's struggle for equality in America, on topics related to the history of women in the United States. Also find information on two nineteenth-century rights activists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth...
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Other

League of Women Voters

For Students 9th - 10th
Official homepage of the League of Women Voters.
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Other

Women in History: Eleanor Roosevelt

For Students 3rd - 8th
The life of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) is described in detail. Includes links to additional information.
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Other

The American Civil Liberties Union: Crystal Eastman

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the role and responsibility of Crystal Eastman in the Woman's Rights Movement in general and the suffragist movement in particular.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), a woman whose "Visions," led her on a crusade to preach of God's goodness, of the abolitionist movement, and of the women's rights movement.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Who Can Vote in the United States?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This lesson challenges learners to speculate about voting requirements. Students will begin learning vocabulary that is used when talking about voting.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Becoming a Voter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students apply their state's requirements for registering to vote. Students learn when and how to register, how to complete a voter registration form, and when and how to reregister.

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