Useful Links
Feb. 9, 1919: Women Burn Effigy of President Wilson and Demand Right to Vote
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/women-burn-effigy-president-wilson/
Biographies of Influential Suffragists
https://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffrage-history/biographies-of-influential-suffragists/
US Suffrage Movement Timeline, 1869 to present
https://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffrage-history/us-suffrage-movement-timeline-1792-to-present/
19th amendment
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment
Passing the 19th amendment: Work of NAWSA and the NWP
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/19-amendment
Why the 19th Amendment Did Not Guarantee All Women the Right to Vote
https://www.history.com/news/19th-amendment-voter-suppression
Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!“
I have been watching to see how you stood, but have not noticed anything yet. Don't forget to be a good boy… .”Tennessee state lawmaker Harry Burn received that note from his mom in August 1920. And like a good son, he subsequently changed his vote from “nay” to “yea,” breaking a 48-48 deadlock in the state’s general assembly. “I knew that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow,” Burn commented afterward, while noting it wasn’t often that a man had a chance “to free 17 million women from political slavery.”
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/happy-birthday-19th-amendment
Forging a Path to the 19th Amendment: Understanding Women's Suffrage
https://docserver-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org/deliver/connect/ncss/00377724/v83n5/s2.pdf?expires=1658868282&id=0000&titleid=72010569&checksum=0CDEBBAA98BD1955031C8ABD289FAFC3&host=https://www-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org
American Women Won the Right to Vote After the Suffrage Movement Became More Diverse. That’s No Coincidence
https://time.com/5787130/suffrage-history-diversity/
The Very Queer History of the Suffrage Movement
https://msmagazine.com/2020/07/22/the-very-queer-history-of-the-suffrage-movement/
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/women-burn-effigy-president-wilson/
Biographies of Influential Suffragists
https://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffrage-history/biographies-of-influential-suffragists/
US Suffrage Movement Timeline, 1869 to present
https://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffrage-history/us-suffrage-movement-timeline-1792-to-present/
19th amendment
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment
Passing the 19th amendment: Work of NAWSA and the NWP
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/19-amendment
Why the 19th Amendment Did Not Guarantee All Women the Right to Vote
https://www.history.com/news/19th-amendment-voter-suppression
Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!“
I have been watching to see how you stood, but have not noticed anything yet. Don't forget to be a good boy… .”Tennessee state lawmaker Harry Burn received that note from his mom in August 1920. And like a good son, he subsequently changed his vote from “nay” to “yea,” breaking a 48-48 deadlock in the state’s general assembly. “I knew that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow,” Burn commented afterward, while noting it wasn’t often that a man had a chance “to free 17 million women from political slavery.”
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/happy-birthday-19th-amendment
Forging a Path to the 19th Amendment: Understanding Women's Suffrage
https://docserver-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org/deliver/connect/ncss/00377724/v83n5/s2.pdf?expires=1658868282&id=0000&titleid=72010569&checksum=0CDEBBAA98BD1955031C8ABD289FAFC3&host=https://www-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org
American Women Won the Right to Vote After the Suffrage Movement Became More Diverse. That’s No Coincidence
https://time.com/5787130/suffrage-history-diversity/
The Very Queer History of the Suffrage Movement
https://msmagazine.com/2020/07/22/the-very-queer-history-of-the-suffrage-movement/
19th Amendment: 'A Start, Not A Finish' For Suffrage: The fight over the amendment was not just about sex; it was also deeply entwined with race.
Primary Sources
Lessons
Analysis Worksheet: Maps of Women's Suffrage Prior to the 19th Amendment
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1806
Maps of Women's Suffrage Prior to the 19th Amendment
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1693
Aim/Essential Question
- Why couldn’t women vote before 1920 and what changes brought about women’s suffrage in the United States?
Women’s Suffrage
Objectives
Activities will help students:
- understand that until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, many states denied women the right to vote
- use primary and secondary sources to understand the ways that women advocated for the right to vote
- evaluate the importance of the federal government in securing women's right to vote
- Why did so many states deny women the right to vote? Why was women’s suffrage legal in some states?
- What strategies did women use to win the right to vote? Which were most successful? What made them successful?
- What role did state governments play in extending voting rights to women? What role did the federal government play?
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons/womens-suffrage
Women’s Suffrage Lesson Plan: Hewit Summer Institute
Essential Questions:
● What were the motives of the women’s suffrage movement? What was the impact?
● What strategies did women use to win their right to vote?
● Why did so many states deny women the right to vote and why was women’s suffrage legal in some states?
https://www.unco.edu/hewit/educators-conference/pdf/lesson-plans/voting-in-america/womens-suffrage-grade-8.pdf
Social Movements and Constitutional Change: Women's Suffrage Objectives
- Students will construct a timeline of the women's suffrage movement.
- Students will analyze primary sources in order to determine the significance of social movements in creating constitutional change.
- Students will be able to describe the goals and tactics of the women's suffrage movement.
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1696
Classroom learning Materials: How did women win the vote?
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/big-question/19th-amendment
Use this roundup of lessons, activities, and resources on women's suffrage to teach about this important step in recognizing equal rights for all citizens.
https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/19th-amendment
Lesson Plan: 19th Amendment:
The student will examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights. Students will discuss the ratification process and place the Nineteenth Amendment in a global context by comparing the dates of voting rights worldwide.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5602e55fe4b053956b5cbfb1/t/5919e571893fc0567acd1486/1494869362148/Lesson+Plan+-+19th+Amendment.pdf
Leading Students to Explore Suffragists' Legacy of Civic Engagement Through a Biographical Play
https://docserver-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org/deliver/connect/ncss/00377724/v83n5/s3.pdf?expires=1658868304&id=0000&titleid=72010569&checksum=4812606C14FE31F6C0BB8161DB664906&host=https://www-ingentaconnect-com.udel.idm.oclc.org
Anti-Suffrage movement
Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage
https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/voting-rights-women-pro-and-anti-suffrage
Anti Suffragists
https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons/anti-suffragists
Arguments for and against suffrage
https://wams.nyhistory.org/mod