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In 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York, the road to women's suffrage was put into motion. It reached its culmination in 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law. But, unlike African American males earlier, the right to vote did not bring with it the guarantee of equality among the sexes. In the 1960s there as a reemergence and push for equality for all.
Task: In groups of 4-5 students, you are to research on of the topics below. You are to create a 5minuite presentation that highlights the key points for your topic. Think of the political, economic & social impacts of your topic on American society. You will need to include 6-10 documents in support of your presentation. These can include pictures, political cartoons, excerpts from speeches and other primary source material.
Topics
1. Women's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, N.Y. and "Declaration
of Sentiments and Resolutions".
2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
3. Susan B. Anthony.
4. Alice Paul & the Nineteenth Amendment.
5. Flappers and Women in the 1920s.
6. The Equal Rights Amendment (1960s-1970s).
Assessment: You will receive a group grade, based on the presentation, and an individual grade, based on work submitted. Students are required to use at least two library sources and have at least one citation and one notecard using NoodleTools.
Good Luck & Have Fun!
Bibliography
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
305.42 KEN
Kendall, Martha E., 1947-. Failure is impossible! : the
history of American women's rights. Minneapolis : Lerner, c2001.
God's hand is seen -- Remember the ladies -- A chain of
oppressions -- Setting the ball in motion -- Never give in, never give up --
From aprons to overalls--and back -- Sisterhood is powerful -- Remarkable
women. Traces women's struggle for rights in America from the colonial period
to the 1990s.
324.6 BUR
Burgan, Michael. The 19th Amendment. Minneapolis :
Compass Point, c2006.
A long struggle ends -- Expected to obey -- Abolition and
equality -- Slow progress -- Success in the West -- On the streets -- Key
battles -- Victory at last. Presents a history of the women's suffrage movement
and the passage of the nineteenth amendment giving women the right to vote, and
discusses the 1869 passage making Wyoming the first state to permit women to
vote, and more.
920 RAU
Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-. Great women of the suffrage
movement. Minneapolis : Compass Point, c2006.
Questioning women's roles -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton :
mother of the movement -- Susan B. Anthony : independent and steadfast -- Lucy
Stone : speaking state by state -- Sojourner Truth : woman of God -- Ida
Wells-Barnett : proud to march -- Carrie Chapman Catt : a winning planner --
Alice Paul : a tireless fighter -- Achieving their goal. Presents a history of
the women's suffrage movement, and examines the first women's rights convention
in Seneca Falls, New York, suffrage leaders including Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lucretia Mott, and others, and the nineteenth amendment which gave women the
right to vote.
921 STA
Burgan, Michael. Elizabeth Cady Stanton : social
reformer. Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2006.
Fighting for voting rights -- A privileged youth -- The
abolitionist cause -- The road to Seneca Falls -- Rights for all -- Civil War
and suffrage -- The fight goes on -- Reformer to the end. Presents a biography
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, social reformer, abolitionist, and woman's suffrage
advocate, providing information on her childhood, her passion for woman's
rights, and her achievements.
973.91 KYV
Kyvig, David E. Daily life in the United States,
1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,
2002.
Examines what daily life was like for ordinary people in
the U. S. in the 1920s and the 1930s, discussing the impact of automobiles,
electricity, radio, cinema, conflict and crime, the standardization of culture,
the Great Depression, and the New Deal on the lives of American citizens.
REF 305.42 WOM
Women's rights in the United States : a documentary
history. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Presents historical writings on women's rights in the
context of the period in which they were written.
