Women's Suffrage - honor a suffragette

The 19th Amendment of the U, S, Constitution granted women the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.

Name three women remembered for their efforts to gain the right to vote.

What strategies did suffragettes use to fight for the right to vote?

Identify a prominent women's suffrage activist from your state. How did she advocate for suffrage?

How has your state recognized the person's efforts?

Create a proposal to recognize a suffragette from your community or state.

Extras:

Name the first woman elected to serve in the federal government.

Name the first woman from your state elected to public office.

How many years has it been since a woman first took elected office in your state government?

How many women currently serve in locally elected offices in your community?

Women's Suffrage at Library of Congress

Voting motivation issue video explaining the power and importance of the unmarried women's vote.
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Library of Congress - Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party

Who Were the Women who made up the Suffrage Movement?