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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Working for Freedom: Susan B. Anthony [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to aid understanding of Susan B. Anthony's contributions to the women's suffrage movement. Students will look at the language of the...
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University of Pennsylvania

Celebration of Women Writers: English Laws for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Electronic text of the 1854 document, "English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century" written by Caroline Norton. Part of a collection of works by women.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Right to Vote

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the struggle for women to gain the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a broadside addressed to the "8,000,000 Working Women in the United States," which asks questions like "Are you satisfied with your working conditions?" and "How can you get what you want?" Published by the National Woman...
Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: Why Women Want to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers and other women want the right to vote? This suffrage broadside provides answers. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Miller Nawsa Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitization of seven large scrapbooks with ephemera and memorabilia related to Elizabeth and Anne Miller's work with women's suffrage.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Suffragists and Their Tactics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars work with two document collections, "Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures: 1850-1920" and "Votes for Women: 1848-1921", to understand how the suffragists changed the requirements for voting in America.
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Read Works

Read Works: Winning the Vote

For Students 2nd - 3rd
[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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: A Brief History of Women's Rights Movements

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.
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PBS

Pbs: Not for Ourselves Alone

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, a companion to a PBS program, explores the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. With ample use of video and audio commentary, the site chronicles their work, their friendship and thus the history of the...
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PBS

Pbs: Resources for the Study of Nineteenth Century Women's Rights Reformers

For Students 9th - 10th
The developers "Not For Ourselves Alone," a PBS documentary about the lives and work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, have compiled a collection of resources useful to any study of the history of women's suffrage in...
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Other

Anarchy Archives: Emma Goldman's Collected Works

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Suffrage Wins in Senate

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 1919 news article about the Senate passage of the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Winning the Vote

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how Women won the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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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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Other

League of Women Voters

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about important issues, relating towards female voters.
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Other

Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary: Lydia Maria Child

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Lydia Child's involvement with the abolition movement and her work in the 19th century women's suffrage movement.
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Northern Illinois University

Illinois During the Guilded Age: Frances E. Willard, 1839 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Detail From Holland's Magazine, March 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
In this cover art, see an example of how the Texas-based women's magazine "Holland" encouraged women to work as part of the war effort during the Great War.
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Other

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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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Famous 5 Heritage Edukit: Teacher Corner

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The 'Famous Five' are an important part of not only Canada's History, but also its identity. This Heritage Edukit provides teachers with lesson plans--elementary and Jr/Sr high--that highlight important learnings from 'Equal pay for...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Influential Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 47 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic Influential Speeches. What makes a great speech, and what makes a great speech memorable? Study some of the most influential speeches in history and learn how they...
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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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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
(1820-1906) Susan B. Anthony was a school teacher who became a prominent agitator for the abolition of slavery. She also worked on the Women's Suffrage movement.