Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Carrie Chapman Catt (Portrait)
Here is a portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist who briefly served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: About Voting
Here is an example of a suffrage broadside that asks "Who will give women their right to vote and when?" Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: People Say,we Say
How did suffragists respond to many of the questions and statements of those opposed to woman suffrage? this broadside shows the woman suffrage argument using a two-column format: "People Say" and "We Say." Published by the National...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside
Here is a broadside addressed to the "8,000,000 Working Women in the United States," which asks questions like "Are you satisfied with your working conditions?" and "How can you get what you want?" Published by the National Woman...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: Why Women Want to Vote
Why do working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers and other women want the right to vote? This suffrage broadside provides answers. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: The Woman's Reason
What were some of the reason's suffragists felt women should have the right to vote. This early 20th-century broadside has several responses. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848 1920
Many groups and women leaders worked tirelessly to advance women's rights in society, specifically the right to vote. This tireless effort paid off with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Examine the early strides in the women's...
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Theodora Winton Youmans and Women's Suffrage
Theodora Winton Youmans is attributed with changing public perceptions of women's suffrage in Wisconsin so that the state became the first to support it in 1919. She did this by pushing for change in federal laws, even going against her...
Other
Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement
The homepage of the National Women's History Project, this site includes links to suffrage history, timeline, a chat room, and student projects. Also information about the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention and national...
Scholastic
Scholastic: A Brief History of Women's Rights Movements
Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.
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.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Women's Suffrage
The New York Times presents an interactive, online crossword puzzle on women's suffrage. Upper elementary students can participate with some guidance.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: The Fall of Pa Ferguson/the Great War
The women's suffrage movement continued in Texas despite the United State's involvement in World War I. This article highlights some of the events and people in Texas that paved the way for women's voting during this time, and also talks...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Women's Suffrage
A website about the history of Women's Suffrage and the fight for the right for women to vote from the Seneca Falls Convention to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Questionnaire From Congressional Committee
Suffragists lobbied hard for the passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment, and here is an example of how Texas suffragists campaigned for the cause. Check out this sample questionnaire sent by the Texas members of the National American...
Read Works
Read Works: Winning the Vote
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the women's suffrage movement working to gain the right to vote for all women. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Women's Suffrage Timeline Facts
Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information about how the fight for the right to vote led to the Women's Suffrage movement.
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...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Nineteenth Amendment
This resource provides the 19th Amendment and a short history of the women's suffrage movement state by state.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: 75 Suffragists
This resource provides biographies of 75 women who played key roles in the women's suffrage movement. Focuses on their political accomplishments.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Carrie Chapman Catt to Erminia Folsom, Jan 1909
Read about the life of Carrie Chapman Catt, who briefly served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association following Susan B. Anthony. This site also provides a letter she wrote to Texas suffragist Erminia Folsom.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Working for Freedom: Susan B. Anthony [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to aid understanding of Susan B. Anthony's contributions to the women's suffrage movement. Students will look at the language of the...
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Carrie Chapman Catt
Biographical overview of Carrie Chapman Catt, a dynamic speaker, tenacious organizer, and powerful force in the women's suffrage movement.
Other
In Search of Heroes: The Susan B. Anthony Story
Read highlights on the life of Susan Brownwell Anthony covering information on her role in the abolition, temperance, and suffrage movements.
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