Tasks ideas
1. Identify positive and negative images of women
2. Categories positions taken on the proper role of women
3. Write a brief skit
depicting the qualities of the 19th century women.
4. Have a reformer write a letter to her grand-daughter explaining what her
goals were.
5. "Documenting My World" Take a position on the extension of the vote
to 14 year olds. Write a letter to the editor in support of your position.
Cultural
ChangeSee how the rhetoric of women’s rights evolved from the
“Declaration of Sentiments” of 1848 to the suffragist arguments that finally
prevailed.
Women’s
Suffrage: Why the West First?Students compile information to examine hypotheses explaining why
the first nine states to grant full voting rights for women were located in the
West.