US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Ratification of the 19th Amendment, Tennessee
Check out this National Archives and Records (NARA) site to see the original Tennessee document ratifying the 19th Amendment. Also includes a short explanation as to why Tennessee's vote was so crucial.
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Anarchy Archives: Emma Goldman's Collected Works
Read the book "Anarchism and Other Essays" here on this site. Includes a biographical sketch of Goldman and several essays pertaining to women's rights.
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Women in History: Carrie Chapman Catt
This site's biographical sketch of Carrie Chapman Catt includes facts, accomplishments, and links to web sites for further research.
Curated OER
Sage American History: The Progressive Era: 1896 1920
Photograph of women parading in support of women's suffrage.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Taking It to the Voters
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...
The History Place
The History Place: The Destructive Male
This site from The History Place provides the text to a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the Destructive Male. In this speech, given in 1868 by Stanton at the Women's Suffrage Convention, she gives her views on how males have...
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American National Biography: Carrie Chapman Catt
This site provides a detailed biography of Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist leader and peace activist during the early 1900s.
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Www Virtual Library: Amdocs: The Seneca Falls Declaration (1848)
The full text of the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, by women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Library of Congress
Loc: Votes for Women
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.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: African American Women and the Vote
Though the suffrage movement failed to exclude African-American women, and many obstacles came in the way of their voting (e.g., poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.), "African-American women were not strangers to community activism." Learn...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Captain j.j. Farley of the Dallas Police Dept
In the late 19th century, women began to take on roles as police matrons, and in 1917, Holland's magazine profiled Captain J.J. Farley of the Dallas Police Department. She was the "only woman holding the rank of captain" in the U.S. and...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Explore the biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton a leader of the women's suffrage movement she wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and fought for women's rights on this site.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Women's Tennis Club at University of Texas, 1906
Here's a brief article on the history of women's sports in the U.S. along with photos from the women's tennis club at the University of Texas. Part of a larger exhibit on the history of women's rights and voting.
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The Role of the Federated Woman's Institute in Rural Canada [Pdf]
The founding and growth of the Federated Woman's Institutes throughout Canada is profiled. Improving women's conditions in rural areas, early ergonomics child safety,'well baby' programs, funding school programs, and many other community...
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Susan B. Anthony
Text of an article by Susan B. Anthony which was originally printed in "The Revolution," in 1868. The article is titled, "Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?" The text can be read online or downloaded in either PDF...
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Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood Home and Museum: About Carrie Chapman Catt
From an official website dedicated to Catt, read this informative biography. Navigate through the menu under the 'About Carrie' tab to find a trove of information about her home, multimedia resources, an interactive timeline of her life,...
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Uua: Louisa May Alcott
Detailed biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888 CE) from the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Contains a couple of pictures as well.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898: Reform in the Gilded Age
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Nineteenth Amendment
Discusses the events that led to women securing the right to vote with the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Digital History
Digital History: The New Woman
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Excerpts From Her Autobiography
This site contains excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's autobiography.
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American National Biography: Alice Paul
This site provides a detailed biography of Alice Paul, women's rights advocate and leader of the 1900s.
Northern Illinois University
Illinois During the Guilded Age: Frances E. Willard, 1839 1898
Use this site to read interpretative essays and watch several short videos discussing the many facets of Frances Willlard's life including her work with the temperance movement and women's' suffrage.
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: The Reluctant Politician: The Story of Irene Parlby
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...
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