The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), proposed in 1923, has never been ratified. Activists seeking gender equality have sought its ratification since its first proposal but that dream fell short after the anti-ERA movement fought against its...

This instructional activity focuses on the life and trials of Anne Hutchinson, who fought for the rights of women in mid-17th century New England.

Students will examine primary sources about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to understand why a women's rights movement was necessary to gain greater rights for women.

Student will use primary and secondary sources to gain a richer understanding of women's activism and how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire led to changes in labor and safety regulations in America.

In this lesson, learners will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.

Students will explore the life of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin by critically reading primary and secondary sources to determine her worldview, political beliefs, and core values.

Discover more about the women of the Naval Reserve during World War II.

A timeline of the United States' First Ladies.

Students will examine documents to determine if the justice system was fair and Constitutional in its treatment of the National Women's Party picketers.

Lesson plan on Martha Hughes Cannon, the first female state senator in U.S. history.

Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of an agent of social change as the First Lady of the United States and later as a representative to the United Nations. She helped to create The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which remains...

This lesson provides an insight into the rhetoric and social action of Fannie Lou Hamer. By focusing on three speeches through her career, students will better be able to understand how she was able to influence social change.

In this lesson, students will learn about Sacagawea and her contributions to the Corps of Discovery and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

View this engaging online exhibit to learn about Harriet Tubman, an outspoken advocate for African American and women's rights.

Young scholars will examine photographs and primary source accounts describing uniforms for women's sports from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.

Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.

This lesson seeks to explore the role of Black women in the Women's Suffrage Movement and their exclusion from the generally accepted Women's Suffrage narrative.

By dividing Sally Hemings' life into four major stages, young scholars will encounter the difficult choices forced upon enslaved women by an evil institution.

Young scholars will learn about Pocahontas' life and explore the relationship between legend and history when it comes to the infamous incident in which John Smith claimed she saved him.

This lesson features a series of student-centered grouping strategies and discussion forums that utilize secondary sources. Students will be exposed to various sources that provide both the historical narrative relating to women during

Imagine showing up to your first day of school and being greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard. Learn what happened to the "Little Rock Nine".

Being served at a lunch counter was normal for whites, but African Americans were not allowed to sit at lunch counters throughout the South. Learn details of the Greensboro Sit-In.

Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks along with other early protestors sparked a yearlong boycott of the Montgomery bus system that culminated in the desegregation of public transportation in Alabama and throughout the country.

Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.