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Virginia Tech

Dhr: How Did Abolitionism Lead to the Struggle for Women's Rights?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Online learning experience consists of a self-contained module focussing on abolitionism and the struggle for women's rights. The module includes an introduction outlining the module objectives and historical questions, background...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will examine primary sources about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to understand why a women's rights movement was necessary to gain greater rights for women.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The 14th and 15th Amendments

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Civil Rights Movement in America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource focusing on the men and women who fought for civil rights. Extensive links to discussion questions, related information, timeline, and activities.
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University of California

History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This middle school lesson focuses on the women's suffrage movement. Provided is detailed background information followed by excerpts from eleven early twentieth-century primary source documents, along with questions to help young...
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Other

Ipu: Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
American women could run for election in 1788, but could not vote until 1920. This and other ironies are revealed in this timeline that shows the progression of women's political rights in countries from around the world.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Inventive Women Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine The Declaration of Sentiments from the perspective of its call for women's economic equality.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Anne Hutchinson: American Women's Movement

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lesson focuses on the life and trials of Anne Hutchinson, who fought for the rights of women in mid-17th century New England.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Fannie Lou Hamer

For Students 9th - 10th
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements .
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Women's Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Taking its cue from the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Movement gained momentum throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: Empire: Mary Wollstonecraft: The Dissenter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Mary Wollstoncraft's contribution to the history of women's rights in England.
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Other

Utah History to Go: Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Utah History Encyclopedia entry on the evolution of the Equal Rights Movement and the ensuing controversy surrounding it, both nationally and in the State of Utah.
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Other

A History of the American Suffragist Movement: Excerpt: In the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on excerpts from the book entitled "A History of the American Suffragist Movement," this site provides a timeline with biographical description of several key leaders in the Women's Suffrage Movement during that time. The site...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
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iCivics

I Civics: A Movement in the Right Direction (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this infographic to show students how two different approaches to the women's suffrage movement worked to grant women the right to vote.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Women Who Changed the World: Women's Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides an overview of the women's movement, which sought equality for women and the changing of a male-dominated power structure.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Woman's Rights Activists During the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
During the Civil War, reformers focused on the war effort rather than organizing women's rights meetings.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Women's Political Rights in Connecticut 1830 1980

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers and students 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.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Women of Protest: Photographs From National Woman's Party

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Digital History

Digital History: Feminism Reborn

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Voting Rights for Women: Pro and Anti Suffrage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Encyclopedia Virginia: Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the Civil Rights Act of 1964, paying particular attention to how Virginia Representative Howard W. Smith added an amendment intended to kill the act by making it cover gender discrimination as well as racial. Read...

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