World History, Culture and Geography Sem 1
Points Possible:30
Name:Cadence Steenson
Date:9/14/2019
In this assignment you will complete the following steps:
1.Research: Using reliable resources, research key events, people, and ideas that contributed to the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
2.Create: Create a timeline of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
3.Analyze: Answer questions about the causes and effects of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. This section is worth 10 points. See the scoring rubric below for more details on how you will be graded on your research.
Part I: Milestones of the Women's Suffrage Movement
Listed below are 10 important people, events, and ideas from the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Using reliable resources, conduct research to discover when each person lived or each event or idea happened. Also note how each person, event, or idea contributed to the women's suffrage movement.
Begin your research at these websites. There, you will find links to other web pages and sites that may be helpful as well.
●National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
●The Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership: http://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffrage-history/
●National Park Service: Women's Rights Movement:
http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/womens-rights-movement.htm ●National Archives: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/
Person/Event/Idea Relevant DatesContributions to Women's Suffrage Movement
Abolitionism
Through 1865
The abolitionism movement was an effort to end
slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed everybody was created equal.
Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906
Susan B Anthony worked for several other rights for women including the right of women to divorce, have guardianship of children, equal pay
and improved rights.
First National Woman's Rights Convention 1850A convention to further the cause of women’s rights
Lucretia Mott