The 19th Amendment did not come without a prolonged fight. Students will examine rationale for opposing suffrage through the lens of class, immigration status and race.

Students will analyze and evaluate the meaning, value, and message of the political cartoon, A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton, North Carolina, October 25, 1774.

In this lesson, students will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.

Students will learn about female inventors and their contributions to American technology.

Students will examine The Declaration of Sentiments from the perspective of its call for women’s economic equality.

Use Political Cartoons to Explore Women's History

Who are our real life heroes? Students will learn and write about inspirational women.