Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2020
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Women received the right to vote in the United States in 1920. The first woman elected to Congress was in 1916. Jeanette Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives from the Montana. While...
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In 1849, Amelia Bloomer became the first woman to own, operate, and edit a newspaper for women. Her paper became a voice for the women's rights movement, with articles encouraging women to participate...
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Susan and Elizabeth formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, open to women only. Their goal was to add an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. They published newspapers and...
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The search for women's rights does not end with the 20th century. Currently, the League of Women Voters creates and reviews political platforms with women's issues in mind. The National Organization...
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By the 1890s, four states had given women the right to vote and many states would follow. The women's rights movement was beginning to have an impact. The 20th century saw more progress towards women...
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Achieving the right to vote was one of many goals of the Women's Rights Movement.
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Women celebrate the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The amendment allowed them the right to vote for the first time. Photo courtesy: Business and Professional Women
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February 12, 1909: NAACP founded; became the largest and oldest civil rights organization in America.
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February 14, 1818: Birth of Frederick Douglass, former slave and speechwriter who called for freedom of all people.
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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Era of the Populist is discussed in four lessons: Election of General Wade Hampton Depravation Two Separate...