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Georgetown College: Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s evolved as a response to the negative effects of industrialization. Reforms that emerged provided protections for workers and consumers and gave women voting rights. Backlash against the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Talk Socratically

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson you will be using the Socratic Seminar Instructional Method. The Socratic Seminar is a great way to get students involved. Socratic seminars are useful in that they teach students to make a point through using the text...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Her Story

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
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Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography: Julia Ward Howe

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive profile of the life of American poet and reformer, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). She is best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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Kansas Historical Society

Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit addresses this temperance advocate and reformer's life and times.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Famous 5: Heroes for Today: Emily Murphy

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides some excellent information about Emily Murphy--both for the educator and the learner. Information and photos on her private life allow users a glimpse into Emily Murphy as few knew her. Links to her public life and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
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Humanists of Utah: Lucy Stone (1818 1893)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief biography of Lucy Stone, famous for her leadership in the suffrage and abolitionist movements.
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Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Arrested for "illegal voting", suffragist Susan B. Anthony was put on trial, which is chronicled here using historical documents, testimony, and primary source material.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Sojourner Truth

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise biography highlights the life of Sojourner Truth including her role not only in the abolition movement but also for women's rights.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835 1930)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical essay on Rebecca Latimer Felton, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and also a reformer associated with woman suffrage and women's rights.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Battle to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students examine the arguments, leadership, messaging, and tactics of leading women's organizations involved in the battle over ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Paulsdale

For Students 9th - 10th
Birthplace and home of Alice Paul, a leader in the Women's suffrage movement.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
(1820-1906) Pioneer crusader for the women's suffrage movement.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Draft Elizabeth Cady Stanton's the Woman's Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible and summarizing text from Library of Congress.
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Mississippi Writers' Page: Ida B. Wells Barnett

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Mississippi offers a detailed biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) the famous freedom fighter is offered at this site. It includes an extensive bibliography of her works, and works about her, as well as some...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Emma Goldman

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of a young, brilliant, Russian immigrant who taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business, and war.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Telegram to Eleanor Brackenridge, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
While studying the strategies of the early 20th-century suffragists, check out primary texts like this one. Here is a brief telegram through which Austin suffragist Erminia Thompson Folsom communicates with Eleanor Brackenridge, who...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Sewall Belmont House

For Students 9th - 10th
Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement.

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