Useful Links
Why Did Western Women Gain Voting Rights Earlier Than The Rest Of The Nation? You May Be Surprised
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2020-08-18/why-did-western-women-gain-voting-rights-earlier-than-the-rest-of-the-nation-you-may-be-surprised
How the American West Led the Way for Women in Politics
Western territories and states were the first to expand voting rights for women
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-american-west-led-way-women-politics-180975573/
Map: States grant women the right to vote
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
states granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
Woman Suffrage in the West
https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-in-the-west.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-american-west-led-way-women-politics-180975573/
Map: States grant women the right to vote
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
States granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
Woman Suffrage in the West
https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-in-the-west.htm
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2020-08-18/why-did-western-women-gain-voting-rights-earlier-than-the-rest-of-the-nation-you-may-be-surprised
How the American West Led the Way for Women in Politics
Western territories and states were the first to expand voting rights for women
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-american-west-led-way-women-politics-180975573/
Map: States grant women the right to vote
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
states granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
Woman Suffrage in the West
https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-in-the-west.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-american-west-led-way-women-politics-180975573/
Map: States grant women the right to vote
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
States granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:
https://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html
Woman Suffrage in the West
https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-in-the-west.htm
Primary Sources
An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office
https://www.loc.gov/item/awhbib000036/
Women's Suffrage in The West
This lesson will focus on:
• where women won the right to vote in the West
• when and what type of voting rights—full or partial—women won in the West
• important suffragists in the West
Part I helps define the American West through a mapping activity (Part A). State Suffrage Cards
- (Part B) are used to add to the map the type of suffrage women won in western states along with when they won it. A guided analysis of the information on the map on full and partial suffrage
- (Part C) follows with a written summary using claims, evidence, specific evidence and examples
- (Part D). Part II evaluates the 19th Amendment, looking at which western states ratified the amendment, adding the information to the map. Part III provides an investigation into important women and suffrage organizations in each state’s fight for suffrage with student presentations and class analysis on the strategies suffragists used to actively win the right to vote.
https://theautry.org/sites/default/files/education/womens-suffrage-in-the-west/womenssuffragelesson_8thgrade_final.pdf