'Suff. Parade, 10/23/15 (LOC)' photo (c) 1915, The Library of Congress - license: http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/

Ninety years ago today, suffragists won the right for many – but not all – women to vote in the United States.

This is going to be a very short “The Best…” list because I’ve already collected many related resources for a lesson on my United States History class blog. Since it’s late, and I’m tired, I will pointing people to that link instead of redoing it all here. But I’ll also include a couple of new resources.

Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage:

Women Work For A Better America is my lesson that’s filled with resources at our class blog.

Anti-Suffragette postcards is from History Extra.

100 Years Ago, The 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade is a photo gallery form The Atlantic.

Winning the vote for women is from the Smithsonian.

The Fight for Women’s Suffrage Videos is from The History Channel.

Check out this video and find lyrics and more info here

The Root: How Racism Tainted Women’s Suffrage is from NPR.

7 Things You Might Not Know About the Women’s Suffrage Movement is from the History Channel.

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington “

Photos: The Battle for Women’s Suffrage in the U.S is from The Atlantic.

HAVE STUDENTS HELP THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TRANSCRIBE DOCUMENTS FROM THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement is from The NY Times.

‘Brilliant and politically savvy:’ The roles of African American women in the fight to vote 100 years ago is from USA Today.

Extending Suffrage to Women is from The National Archives.

 

IT WILL HAVE BEEN 100 YEARS IN AUGUST SINCE SOME WOMEN WERE GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

In 1920, Native Women Sought the Vote. Here’s What’s Next. is from The NY Times.

19 Ways to Teach the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment is from The NY Times Learning Network.

Commemorating women’s right to vote is another interactive.

A Chinese immigrant led the fight for women’s suffrage — then couldn’t vote is from The Washington Post.

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