National Women's History Museum: Anne Hutchinson: American Women's Movement

Anne Frank's writing in her diary became one of the most recognized accounts of life for a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.

Students analyze maps and primary documents and share stories of the Westward Expansion relating to gaining women's suffrage.

The National Women's History Museum offers a 20-slide presentation that details the history of the Women's Suffrage Movement from its creation in the 1830s through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

Biographical profile of Gloria Steinem, journalist, feminist, and passionate leader and spokeswoman of the women's rights movement in the late 20th century.

Young scholars 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.

In this lesson plan, students will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.

A former slave, Sojourner Truth was an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights in the 19th century.

Learn biographical details on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman's rights and suffrage movements.

Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.

Discover biographical facts on Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams and an early advocate for women's rights.