Biography
Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer was a suffragist, editor, social activist, and fashion advocate who worked to change women’s clothing.
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Biography
Betty Friedan
Journalist, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan was one of the early leaders of the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Biography
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is an acclaimed journalist, trailblazing feminist, and one of the most visible, passionate leaders and spokeswomen of the women’s rights movement.
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Biography
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women’s reproductive rights.
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Biography
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt grew up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.
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Biography
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.
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Biography
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott argued as ardently for women’s rights as for black rights, including suffrage, education, and economic aid.
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Biography
Lucy Stone
A leading suffragist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts.
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Biography
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage.
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Timeline
Biography
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher.
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Biography
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Poster
Working for Equality
Women have long participated in the paid labor force and worked for equality.
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Lesson Plan
State vs. Federal Campaigns
Students will debate state vs. federal strategies for obtaining voting rights for women.
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Lesson Plan
Western Campaign for Suffrage
Students will examine why western states granted women the right to vote.
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Lesson Plan
19th Amendment
Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.
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Primary Source
Kentucky Equal Rights Association at the Democratic National Convention
Kentucky Equal Rights Association.
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Lesson Plan
Progressive Era Suffrage Groups
Students will compare the different Progressive Era women’s suffrage movement.
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Lesson Plan
Propaganda and Women's Suffrage
Student will examine propaganda posters from the American women’s suffrage movement.
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Lesson Plan
Seneca Falls Convention
Students will examine primary sources about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
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