“The Fight for the Right to Vote: Women’s Suffrage and the 19th amendment”
Courtney Simmons, Amanda Schleigh, and Kristina Marinelli
Women are holding flags and down a city street. Digital image. The Nineteenth Amendment. Exploring Constitutional Conflicts, 2001. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. .This digital image from 1872, was taken when suffragists brought a series of court challenges to the Supreme Court designed to test whether voting was a privilege of U. S. citizenship . One such challenge grew out of a criminal prosecution of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the 1872 election. The first case to make its way to the Supreme Court, however, was Minor vs Happersett (1875). this is a primary source because it was taken during the time period, by the people that were actually there. (Primary)
Channel, History. The History of Women's Suffrage. History.com. History Channel, 1996. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.
Langley, Winston E., and Vivian C. Fox, eds. Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History. Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues Series. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. 356p. Being that this was a list of documentary’s, we were able to watch some of them and gain more knowledge on the impact of the 19th amendment, both socially, and politically. Although this is a secondary source, it’s documentary’s contain’s both pictures and video’s from the time period that are primary sources. (Primary & Secondary)
Http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/bibguide.html. Library of Congress, 12 Aug. 2009. Web. 23 Oct. 2009. This website summarizes how although the Quakers were ‘blown away’ that African- Americans were granted the right to vote, but they were mortified that women weren’t; and how the 19th amendment was ratified February 3, 1870,but the rights were not fully realized until the late 1950's. This website is intended for anyone interested in how or why both African-American and Caucasian women alike weren’t granted the right to vote. This web page can be trusted because it shows no bias opinion. This is a secondary source. (Secondary)
Scholastic. Women's Suffrage: The Right to Vote. Scholastic.com. Scholastic, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. This website added to my knowledge of the topic and project because it gave me both sides of the story separately, on if women should be granted voting rights. This can be trusted because it shows no bias opinion. It gives both sides of the story. This is a primary source because it contains a plethora of interviews and actual quotes. It is intended for those curious about the topic or committed historians. (Secondary)
U.S. Constitution 19 amendment (1920) (enacted). Print.
This federal document informs the reader of all specific rights included in these amendments. Unlike any other reading source utilized for this project, this is a federal document. It's a primary source because it wasn’t written by historians, it was written by the politicians for the people that were actually there and involved, like Susan B. Anthony, and other women that agreed with her. (Priamary.)
Not for Ourselves Alone. By Ken, Paul Barnes, Burns. Perf. Voice over. PBS. DVD. This film was a documentary detailing the lives of Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and how their lives inspired them to fight for women's rights. This is a secondary source, because it was researched to create a film, but at the same time, it is a primary source because it contains both quoted from the two, and photographs of them. (Primary & Secondary)
Howard, Liliane S. Field Report to State Chairman (1800's). Print.
This was a report from one of the secretaries from the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA)explaining what was talked about, and decided upon at each meeting from July 20, “XXXX” to “XXXX”. It is a primary source because it is the actual document. (Primary)
Women's Rights From Past To Present- Sample Activity #1 (Women in World History Curriculum). Women In World History Curriculum. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. .
This website was helpful because, it mostly told about the 15th amendment and how it changed the rights for women to vote. This website was really resourceful because it had basic information about how women rights have changed over the course of a century.. This website included the following women: Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It concludes in stating how they wanted sex to be included as a protected category, along with race and color. (Secondary.)
Adams, Abigail. Abigail Adams to John Adams. Letter to John Adams, and Abigail Adams. 3 Mar. 1776. Thelizlibrary.org. The Liz Library, 1998. Web. 4 Dec. 2009.
Being that these words are written by Abigail Adams herself, it is a primary source. But since they are on a digital copy;not scanned, it is a decondary source. This source can be trusted because it is copyrighted. It was helpful to my project because, it help bring us to realize that 'Abigail Adams' wasn't the best person to base our entire documentary on.
MINOR v. HAPPERSETT. Supreme Court of the United States. Oct. 1874. Print.
This court is a primary source because it was documented word by word during the verbal context, in the courtroom. This court case helped us decipher the specific impacts of women being granted the right to vote. (Primary.)
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