Useful Links
Essay: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/elizabeth-cady-stanton-and-the-struggle-for-womens-suffrage
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/elizabeth-cady-stanton-and-the-struggle-for-womens-suffrage
Primary Sources
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, “ADDRESS ON WOMAN’S RIGHTS” (SEPTEMBER 1848) http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/stanton-address-on-womans-rights-speech-text/ A letter from Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about women’s rights and education for women, May 26, 1856. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/women-of-the-antebellum-reform-movement/sources/1074 Address To The First Anniversary Of The American Equal Rights Association (May 1867) http://gos.sbc.edu/s/stantoncady2.html Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers Collection (Library of Congress) https://www.loc.gov/collections/elizabeth-cady-stanton-papers/about-this-collection/ Women's Suffrage: General Primary Sources https://libraryguides.salisbury.edu/c.php?g=1068817&p=7779240 Excerpts from “Make the Slave’s Case Our Own” (1859) By Susan B. Anthony https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Make-the-Slaves-Case-our-Own.pdf |
Lessons
Lesson: How did women of the nineteenth century use a national document of independence dating from the eighteenth century to make their argument for equal rights?
Declarations of Independence: Women's rights and the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/declarations-independence-womens-rights-and-seneca-falls-declaration
Declarations of Independence: Women's rights and the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/declarations-independence-womens-rights-and-seneca-falls-declaration
Useful Links
The Trial of Susan B. Anthony: An Account (includes other resources)
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/444-home
Susan B. Anthony: A Biography
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/440-biography
The Revolution
Susan B. Anthony's Suffrage Paper: The Revolution
http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/exhibits/show/a-guide-to-digital-resources-f/the-revolution
The Revolution
3,408 pages, all issues published of The Revolution, the women's rights weekly newspaper created by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from its first issue January 8, 1868 to its last February 17, 1872.
https://www.paperlessarchives.com/susan-b-anthony-the-revolution.html
http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/exhibits/show/a-guide-to-digital-resources-f/the-revolution
The Revolution
3,408 pages, all issues published of The Revolution, the women's rights weekly newspaper created by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from its first issue January 8, 1868 to its last February 17, 1872.
https://www.paperlessarchives.com/susan-b-anthony-the-revolution.html
Primary Sources
Letters & Diary Entries of Susan B. Anthony Concerning Her Casting a Vote in the 1872 Federal Election
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/441-voteletters
Susan B. Anthony's Petition to Congress (January 12, 1874)
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/437-petition
Susan B Anthony Historic Speeches
https://susanb.org/historic-speeches/
“Is it a Crime to Vote?” Susan B. Anthony, 1872-1873
https://susanb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Susan-B-Anthony-1872-1873.pdf
Woman Wants Bread, Not the Ballot
https://susanb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Susan-B-Anthony-1880-1890.pdf
Susan B. Anthony on suffrage and equal rights, 1901
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/susan-b-anthony-suffrage-and-equal-rights-1901
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/441-voteletters
Susan B. Anthony's Petition to Congress (January 12, 1874)
https://famous-trials.com/anthony/437-petition
Susan B Anthony Historic Speeches
https://susanb.org/historic-speeches/
“Is it a Crime to Vote?” Susan B. Anthony, 1872-1873
https://susanb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Susan-B-Anthony-1872-1873.pdf
Woman Wants Bread, Not the Ballot
https://susanb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Susan-B-Anthony-1880-1890.pdf
Susan B. Anthony on suffrage and equal rights, 1901
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/susan-b-anthony-suffrage-and-equal-rights-1901
Lessons
The Audacity of a Vote: Susan B. Anthony’s Arrest
OverviewIn this lesson, students analyze a daring challenge to the legal and social order of the time: Susan B. Anthony’s casting of an illegal ballot in the 1872 presidential election. Anthony was ultimately put on trial, convicted, and fined $100 for her “crime.” In this lesson, students close read an excerpt from Anthony’s speech Is It a Crime for Women to Vote? in which Anthony defended her actions. The speech, written prior to Anthony’s trial in 1873, contains many themes that resonate with contemporary debates about membership in American society. At a time when voter suppression, gerrymandering, and election interference dominate the headlines, this lesson prompts students to draw connections between the past and present, especially around acts of civil disobedience, the role of voting in a democracy, and the meaning of equality.
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/audacity-vote-susan-b-anthony-s-arrest
Suffragist Susan B. Anthony: Petitioning for the Right to Vote (recommended for grades 3-5 but can be modified for older learners)
In this activity, students will examine one way that Susan B. Anthony and other suffragists fought for the right to vote.
- Students will analyze a primary source document showing one way Susan B. Anthony and other suffragists fought for women's rights.
- Students will determine that this document also serves as an example of one freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, the right to petition the government.
- Students will learn that petitioning the government is one way people have fought for equality throughout American history.