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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, between 1880 and 1902

Lesson Two: Changing Methods and Reforms of the Woman's Suffrage Movement, 1840-1920

Suffragists Mrs. Stanley McCormick and Mrs. Charles Parker, April 22, 1913

Procedure

Your group will be assigned one of these three time periods:

• 1840-1869
  • The Rights and Conditions of Women; A Sermon (1845), Samuel J. May. (excerpt)
  • Seneca Falls Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (excerpt)
  • Discourse on Woman, Lucretia Mott. (excerpt)
• 1870-1899
  • Legal Status of Women. Jessie J. Cassidy, comp. (excerpt)
  • Transcripts of the trial of Susan B. Anthony (excerpt)
  • Appeal to Women by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee (excerpt)
• 1900-1920
  • "Blue Book" Woman Suffrage History, Arguments and Results, Frances M. Bjrkman and Annie G. Porritt, ed. (excerpt)
  • Votes for Women: The Woman's Reason
  • The Woman Suffrage Yearbook, 1917. National Woman Suffrage Pub. Co., Inc. (excerpt)
  • Woman's Suffrage by Federal Constitutional Amendment. Carrie Chapman Catt, comp. (excerpt)

1. As a group, use the Analysis of the Woman's Suffrage Movement Chart to analyze the primary source documents in your time period.
2. Look for additional keywords.
   
   1. Use the One Hundred Years toward Suffrage timeline to search for more documents in Votes for Women, 1848-1921.

   2. Do a keyword search (women and rights) using the Time Section of the Collection Finder.

3. As a group, list the Reforms Demanded and the Arguments and Strategies Used, using the provided web links.
4. As a group, list the Societal Diversions and Increased Opportunities experienced by women during the time period, using the One Hundred Years toward Suffrage timeline
5. Determine the reasons for the successes and failures of the suffrage movement of your time period.
6. Use the Time Period Analysis Chart to share your group's conclusions with the class and articulate a clear understanding of the successes and failures of the suffrage movement of the time.