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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Jane Addams

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this brief portrait of progressive social reformer Jane Addams. Addams was an advocate of such causes as women's suffrage, child labor reform, and settlement houses.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Historian's Perspective: Winning the Vote: History of Voting Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian-authored three-part overview looks at the history of voting rights in America, touching on all the critical moments in American history when voting rights were first denied then granted to...
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Alice Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the accomplishments of Alice Paul, a radical leader in the women's movement for suffrage who preferred to directly picket Congress. She was the organizer of the National Woman's Party, and spent time in jail for her activism.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Great War & Jazz Age (1914 1928)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Timeline and Map of Woman Suffrage Legislation State by State 1838 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive maps show the woman suffrage campaign year-by-year and state-by-state from 1838-1919.
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BBC

Bbc: History: Women at War: 'She Soldiers' Through the Ages: World War One

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the role women played during World War One. Describes the changes undergone at this time for the role of women. A good overview of a unique perspective of world history.
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Other

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive of speeches by influential, contemporary women. Almost all of the speeches in the collection come directly from the authors themselves or from the organizations representing them and have not been published elsewhere
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Indiana University

The Center on Congress: Congressional Moments: Primary Sources Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View a wide variety of primary source materials that relate to these six topics: Child Labor, Women's Suffrage, Civil Rights, National Park Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, and The Marshall Plan. Transcripts are available for...
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Other

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the reforms that were instituted not only in Georgia, but in the entire country during the Progressive Era. Read a history of the beginnings of progressivism, the people involved, and a recounting of the various...
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Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Virginia State History Reconstruction to 1900 [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Much of Virginia was devastated after the Civil War so a period of rebuilding commenced. Follow Reconstruction through the different plans, the effects on African-Americans and the South. This slideshow has pictures,charts, and maps to...
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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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Digital History

Digital History: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the many social and economic changes that occurred in the United States in the early 20th century. There are hyperlinks to information about the many social reforms, the sad state of race relations at the time, and the...
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Curated OER

Scholastic: Women's Suffrage

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out about women's suffrage not only in the United States, but around the world. An interactive map displays the dates women gained their right to vote.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Votes for Women: Selections From the Nawsa Collection, 1848 1921

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the collection items donated by suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, they include text and images and information about Catt.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Constitution of the Natl American Woman Suffrage Assoc

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Women's International Center: Women's History in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the social conditions in America that led to the Women's Movement, along with some women's world history.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill

For Students 7th - 9th
Four years before women won the right to vote, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress. Several other women followed, but women were still a distinct minority in Congress and lacked leadership roles. This short summary...
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Other

League of Women Voters

For Students 9th - 10th
Official homepage of the League of Women Voters.
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University of Pennsylvania

Suffrage Songs and Verses by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1911 pamphlet that served to encourage women to rally to the cause of woman suffrage.
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Other

D Archives: Alice Stone Blackwell, Objections Answered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this 1915 essay by Alice Stone Blackwell, who outlines the basic reasons women should be granted equal voting rights in the U.S.
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Other

Susan B. Anthony House: Her Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed biography of Susan B. Anthony provides sections that focus on her work as an abolitionist, education reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Carrie Chapman Catt

For Students 9th - 10th
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote.
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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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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Barbara Leigh Smith (Mme. Bodichon)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-91), a prominent women's rights activist in Britain.

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