Women - History

Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Woman's Rights

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Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Woman's Rights in 1848

Modern History Sourcebook: Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?", December 1851

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Text of the December 1851 speech by Sojourner Truth.

Equal Rights for Women Speech

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Text of the "Equal Rights for Women" speech by Shirley Chisholm on May 21, 1969.
Sources: Congressional Record - Extensions of Remarks E4165-6.

A Woman in the House (and Senate)

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"This woman's place is in the house—The House of Representatives!"

That was the slogan of Bella Abzug's successful 1970 election campaign. But from the first Congress, in 1789, until the 65th Congress, in 1917, women served in neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate. It wasn't until a suffragist from Montana named Jeannette Rankin won her state's congressional election that women first came to the House. "I may be the first woman member of Congress," she declared, "but I won't be the last." She wasn't, but it's been slow going.

Author: 
Ilene Cooper
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1040L
A Woman in the House (and Senate)

Coretta Scott

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This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United STates and honors its most elegant inspiration,

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Ntozake Shange
Grade Level: 
Elementary
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00:07
Coretta Scott

Women's Rights

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Rochester Voices is a project of the Local History & Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. It is operated and administered by the Rochester Public Library.

This Theme focuses on women's rights, and the suffragettes in Rochester.

Civil Rights (2005)

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Standard Deviants School is an educational and entertaining, lesson-based learning supplement developed from the award-winning Standard Deviants teaching style. Written to meet state educational standards, each module is clearly organized by lesson topic and includes full classroom performance rights.

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Middle
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00:26
Civil Rights

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999)

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Not For Ourselves Alone tells the dramatic, little-known story of one of the most compelling friendships in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of a majority of American citizens.

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03:00
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Lyddie

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"The first step to freedom is schooling," a runaway slave tells Lyddie Worthen. It's the mid-1800s and the working conditions in the Storemont cotton factory are horrific. Lyddie is willing to endure those conditions to earn enough money to bring her family back together. When another worker, Diana teaches Lyddie to read, it opens up a new world of possibilities for her. After Diana dies of cotton lung, Lyddie must decide if she's willing to risk her job to fight for the rights of other workers or stay in the factory as a "wage slave." Based on the book by Katherine Paterson.

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Stefan Scaini
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Elementary
Middle
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01:30
Lyddie

Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion (2014)

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The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education and Yad Vashem. The Holcaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, has produced this study guide and DVD for high school students to better understand the ways in which the Holocaust affected women.

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High
Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion

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