This intriguing and thoughtful collection was created by the University of Washington's Digital Collection initiative, and it deals with the struggle of Washingtonian women who sought to obtain the right to vote in the 19th century. Visitors will find the digital exhibit is streamlined and easy to follow, with text, photos, and documents divided up between six sections, including the...

In 1929, the National Woman's Party set up headquarters in the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Their leader, Alice Paul, was a tireless advocate for woman's rights, well known for drafting the first Equal Rights Amendment in 1921. This lesson plan from the National Park Service explores this historic home and Paul's work through primary documents, maps, images, and...

The National Women's History Museum (NWHM) has created this impressive collection of primary source documents, lesson plans, and educational resources related to the long campaign to grant U.S. women full suffrage rights. Visitors can quickly and easily browse this collection by Primary Source Sets (organized into topics including The Early Republic, Abolitionist Movements, Women Suffrage in the...

1n 1917, a group of women began a protest in front of the White House. The women were members of the National Woman's Party (NWP), and each day they came from their headquarters on Lafayette Square to demand that President Woodrow Wilson help them get all American women the right to vote. They continued their protests even after the United States entered World War I, and they remained resolute in...

An essay on this fine American Memory collection site refers to Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, as "Two Awesome Ladies". It's hard to contest that appellation, particularly when one considers their important role in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Between 1897 and 1911 these two women created seven scrapbooks which contained letters, press...

This lesson plan from Teachinghistory.org provides educators with content and instruction tips to introduce high school students to the the woman suffrage movement that resulted in the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The lesson draws from nine disparate but related primary source documents that date between 1868 and 1920, as well as six teaching activities that run the gamut from...