Meet the prominent people engaged in fighting for woman's right to vote throughout Europe around the turn of the century. This unit provides circumstances leading to this fight, documents supporting the right, suggested writing...

A detailed timeline of major events that occurred in the women's suffrage movement. Covers years 1776 to 1923.

Digitization of seven large scrapbooks with ephemera and memorabilia related to Elizabeth and Anne Miller's work with women's suffrage.

In this activity, students view eleven different documents arguing both for and against women's right to vote. They must click and drag them in the order that they were created. As they work, they need to make a list of the arguments...

Encyclopedia Britannica site provides a general overview of the history of woman suffrage in the United States and throughout the world.

Written and audio explanation of the history of voting and the invention of the voting machine. Includes a photo of the 1898 Standard Voting Machine and other objects that relate to the voting process.

Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, and many other women played significant roles which led to the Nineteenth Amendment as highlighted in this time line.

Read this 1915 essay by Alice Stone Blackwell, who outlines the basic reasons women should be granted equal voting rights in the U.S.

A learning module on the women's suffrage movement in New York State that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include voting...

Article and activity in which students read and analyze the historic challenges faced by African Americans as they sought to gain an unimpeded right to vote in the segregated South followed by activity asking students to evaluate current...

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...

This resource houses an essay on the passing of the 15th Amendment in Maryland. The essay discusses the political motivations behind the passing and how this affected the black population of the state.

Are you ready to vote? Take this interactive quiz to see how much you know about voting rights, voting responsibility, and the government.

Print a copy of the "Voting Dates Fact Sheet" and fill it in with the data collected as the world map is explored.

An article on the historical aspects of the women's suffrage movement, with a feminist viewpoint.

Map takes a look at when women got the right to vote in countries around the world. Searchable by date or country.

A document on Reconstruction written by Fredrick Douglass. He argues particularly for voting rights for blacks as the most necessary step to avoid the kinds of state's rights conflicts that brought about the Civil War.

This site explores the voting experiences for African Americans beginning in the Jim Crow era. It shares literacy tests African Americans had to take and other challenges they were given for the right to vote. This denial of the right to...

Brief and informative description of the Voting Act of 1965, as well as other definitions related to equal opportunity in voting.

An overview of the woman's suffrage movement in America (1840-1920), with an emphasis on the banners, ribbons, pamphlets, posters and other kinds of visuals produced by proponents of voting rights.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how Women won the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.

This lesson uses primary sources to provide a discussion of women's suffrage.

Teachers and young scholars alike can check out this site to learn about the women's suffrage movement in Connecticut. The brief history is followed by lesson plan suggestions.

This resource provides information about Reconstruction, the United States Government, slavery, and civil rights.