This well-written biography describes Lucy Stones life as a reformer, leader and orator in both the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

Read how women formed strong clubs and organization to strengthen the women's movement during late 19th and early 20th centuries. These groups not only endorsed women's suffrage, but also made way for the formation of the PTA, more...

This set of primary sources uses photos, advertisements, maps, and other documents to shed light on that struggle toward the Nineteenth Amendment. Includes a teacher's guide.

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.

Check out this wonderful interactive site from the National Archives and Records Administration, to learn about the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era. See photos and primary documents related to the topic (click to...

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...

Find a collection of photographs from the Library of Congress that show the militant tactics of the National Woman's Party in its support of woman's suffrage. In addition to the photographs, there are articles about this branch of the...

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...

Read about Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a suffragette who became president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association in 1915 and who ran for the Texas Senate.

Suffragist Mrs. W.B. Wynne published "The Legal Status of Woman in Texas" as part of her fight for women's rights. Check out images of the original document, a portrait of Wynne, and a brief commentary.

Read about Anna Howard Shaw, who briefly served as the head of the National American woman Suffrage Association. Here is a brief bio on her, a two-page letter she wrote, and a portrait.

Read about E.L. Dahoney, a prohibitionist in favor of women's suffrage, and read a letter in which he ties together the two causes he supported.

Although women rejoiced in gaining the right to vote in 1920, the women's movement stalled during this time. Read about the problems within the movement and opposition from outside the movement.

A ten-slide exhibit of the history of the movement for woman suffrage in California. Through photographs and captions, the exhibit tells the story of women working for the right to vote.

This online lesson compares aspects of women's suffrage from diverse cultures. Includes political cartoons from around the world.

This short narrative describes the creation of NAWSA and the strategies used to successfully obtain enfranchisement for women along with a link to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection home page.

Find out how women won the right to vote. Read a brief history of the women's suffrage movement and the text of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Information and photos on this website about Nellie McClung's private life, public life and career provide excellent information about Nellie McClung--both for the educator and the learner. In addition, McClung's article "Reading...

Irene Parlby, one of the Famous Five, came to politics reluctantly but determined to fight for the betterment of the lives of women and children on Alberta's farms. She fought to get them proper education, medical and dental care and...

Comprehensive site devoted to the life and causes of Susan B. Anthony.

Suffragist staged plays to bring attention to the cause of women's suffrage. Here is a brochure listing the various "suffrage plays" that one could order from the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Here is a portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist who briefly served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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.

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...