Explore the events leading to women gaining the right to vote in Nebraska.

[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...

In this lesson plan, young scholars 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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the women's suffrage movement working to gain the right to vote for all women. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Opposition to the cause of women's suffrage began informally but gradually organized. Ironically, some of most vocal opposition to votes for women came from . . . well, women. How could this be?

Such social reforms brought many women to a realization of their own unequal position in society. From colonial times, unmarried women had enjoyed many of the same legal rights as men, although custom required that they marry early. With...

Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.

A collection of primary sources dealing with women's suffrage.

This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of voting rights in the United States.

This lesson uses primary sources to provide a discussion of women's suffrage.

Click here to see a photo of Jane Addams & read her biography. Read about her dedication the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago.The first female to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams was also known for her support of women's...

Learn about the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on their gender. Includes discussion of Susan B. Anthony's and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's contributions...

Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, and many other women played significant roles which led to the Nineteenth Amendment as highlighted in this time line.

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.

See Anthony's 1874 petition to Congress in complaint against her arrest and fine for having voted in an 1872 election. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Read this 1915 essay by Alice Stone Blackwell, who outlines the basic reasons women should be granted equal voting rights in the U.S.

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.

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...

Primary documents related to women's suffrage in the 1800s are presented here accompanied by teaching ideas. There is a script called 'Failure is Impossible' that was commissioned by the National Archives, as well as petitions, proposed...

Read about how the ability to vote changed from requiring the ownership of property to almost complete enfranchisement of white males by 1840. There was disenfranchisment of women and free blacks in the same period of time.

Written and audio explanation of the history of voting and the invention of the voting machine. Includes a photo of the 1898 Standard Voting Machine and other objects that relate to the voting process.

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.

An overview of the woman's suffrage movement in America (1840-1920), with an emphasis on the banners, ribbons, pamphlets, posters and other kinds of visuals produced by proponents of voting rights.

Brief biography of this famous women's rights leader.