Did you know that U.S. women did not always have the right to vote? The Women’s Suffrage movement began in the mid 1800’s and sought to gain voting rights for women. During this time, many activists such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton challenged the notion that women should not have the right to vote. More than 70 years after the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, women sought and received the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was enacted in 1920.

Below are additional resources that include lesson plans, interactives and activities about the Women’s Suffrage movement.

Exploring Women's History
EDSITEment
K - 13 | Lesson | Collection This page from EDSITEment features resources relating to women's history, and presents information about the history of the women's movement.

The Women's Declaration of Independence, July 1848
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K - 13 | Lesson | Collection This page from EDSITEment features resources relating to women's rights, and presents information about the Seneca Falls Convention.

Women's Suffrage: Why the West First?
EDSITEment
6 - 8 | Lesson
In this EDSITEment lesson, students compile information to examine hypotheses explaining why the first nine states to grant full voting rights for women were in the west.

Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage
EDSITEment
6 - 8 | Lesson
In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students research archival material to examine nineteenth and early-twentieth-century arguments for and against women's right to vote.

Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?
EDSITEment
6 - 8 | Lesson
This lesson, from EDSITEment, introduces students to the achievements of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the "foremothers" of women’s suffrage.

Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
EDSITEment
6 - 8 | Lesson
In this EDSITEment lesson, students begin to appreciate the deeply entrenched opposition the early Women's Rights crusaders had to overcome.

Cultural Change
EDSITEment
9 - 12 | Lesson
In this lesson from EDSITEment, students examine some of the arguments used to win the vote for American women.

Voting: The Acme of Reform
Smithsonian's History
9 - 12 | Photo | Activity | Primary Source | Collection
Paper balloting easily led to fraud. The reform of voting methods during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is the focus of this section of the Acme of Reform.

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