Links: Politics

American Suffragist
extensive timeline of suffrage movement events, Sojourner Truth’s famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, and the Declaration of Sentiments from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
URL: www.suffragist.com

Anna Mae Aquash Timeline
timeline for the Native rights activist martyred in 1975, and information related to the on-going investigation of her murder.
URL: http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/nfic/aquash.html

Documents from the Women’s Liberation Movement
archive of transcribed texts and scanned images of over 40 articles, pamphlets, flyers, and booklets published from 1969 to 1974 which reflect the diversity of the early Women’s Liberation Movement.
URL: scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/

First Ladies
portraits and biographies from Martha Dandridge Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
URL: www.firstladies.org

Seeking the Right to Vote
History, timeline, narratives, biographies, and an interactive quiz.
URL: www.worldbook.com/fun/whm/html/whm003.html

“Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
38 pictures (including many individuals) from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and a 100-year timeline.
URL: lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html

Woman Suffrage and the 19th Ammendment
Digital Classroom project of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), presents documents, teaching suggestions and related links.
URL: www.nara.gov/education/teaching/woman/home.html

Women in Congress
Biographies of the women who have served in the U.S. Congress, indexed alphabetically, chronologically, or by state.
URL: clerkweb.house.gov/womenbio/alpha/alpha.htm

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