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Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less: Historical Connections

These tools help students trace the movement’s successes and setbacks from the early republic to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. They reveal the diversity of viewpoints within and of the movement, and illuminate how geography shaped the differing tactics of suffragists on the East and West Coast.

  • Suffrage Timeline Teaser 2
    Timeline

    Women's Suffrage Timeline

    Trace the history of the movement from the Declaration of Independence to the Equal Rights Amendment in a timeline with historical front pages, artifacts and interviews with historians.

  • Abigail Scott Duniway signs Oregon's Equal Suffrage Proclamation in a ceremony on Nov. 30, 1912,
    Lesson Plan

    The Women Who Made the Movement

    Students learn about the individuals who shaped the women’s suffrage movement by comparing their actions with their depictions in the mainstream and suffrage news media.

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton in "bloomers"
    Lesson Plan

    Things Change, Things Stay the Same

    By analyzing primary and secondary sources, students see how politics, cultural values and individual leadership affected the progress of the fight for voting rights.

  • woman suffrage National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage Headquarters, Circa 1911 center
    Lesson Plan

    Different Perspectives on Women's Suffrage

    Students conduct research to make claims – supported by evidence – about the impact of individual events on public opinion about women's rights and roles in society.

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