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Women's Suffrage: Why the West First? Lesson PlanWomen's Suffrage: Why the West First? Lesson Plan
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Women's Suffrage: Why the West First?

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Eleventh graders discuss the granting of voting rights to women in several Western states. They take a stand, supported by historical evidence, as to whether or not a single theory explains why Western states were the first to grant full voting rights to women.

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suffrage, women's suffrage, the suffrage movement, voting rights, women's history

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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
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Year
2019
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