Organize and annotate Web sites for use in lessons.
Woman’s Suffrage
Track #
279715
Annotations by:
Carla Jaszczerski
Track Category
Grade(s):
Middle (5-9)
High School (9-12)
Subjects(s):
Social Sciences
Last Modified:
Mar 7, 2013
Format:
Resource list
Track Description
Woman Suffragists in America secured the right to vote for all females regardless of race, ethnicity or class. Obtaining universal suffrage was not small feat. Woman had to campaign and lobby long and hard in order to extend the vote to all US adult citizens. Universal suffrage, an extension of civil liberties, provided a venue for women to actively participate in this nation’s democracy and therefore, become full fledged citizens. Today, all women have this right. This is a list of online resources in history that will help young people understand the struggle for suffrage. It is a compellation of online print resources and primary documents pertaining to the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States.