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Digital History

Digital History: The New Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Alice Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
A vocal leader of the 20th-century women's suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Other

Alice Paul Institute: Alice Paul: Feminist, Suffragist, and Political Strategist

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a detailed biography of Alice Paul, tireless champion for women's suffrage, the 19th amendment, and an Equal Rights Amendment.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn biographical details on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman's rights and suffrage movements.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Taking It to the Voters

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Great War ended, women in Texas redoubled their efforts to gain the right to vote. Read this article to see how the Texas Equal Suffrage Association devoted their time to the passage of the amendment and how conflict emerged...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Susan B. Anthony Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
The papers of reformer and suffragist Susan B. Anthony span the period 1846-1934 with the bulk of the material dating from 1846 to 1906. The collection, consisting of approximately 500 items, includes correspondence, diaries, a daybook,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Orator, Author, and Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
By watching a short video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will explore the need for social change, as well as its inherent challenges.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Votes for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of resource information such as pamphlets, memorials, and scrapbooks supporting women's rights and suffrage. Also a time line of one hundred years toward suffrage.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Antoinette Blackwell was the first American woman to be ordained as a minister. She was a champion of woman's rights and lived to vote at age 95 after the adoption of the 19th amendment into the U.S. Constitution.