Women ‘s History
From
1620-1920
Pre/Post Test
Who is…
1. Susan B. Anthony
2. Amelia Bloomer
3. Alice Paul
4. When did women get the vote?
5. How many years after White men?
6. Name one more cause women fought
for besides the Vote…
Women’s History
Interactive PowerPoint
Often in the study of American
History it would seem only white men
did anything of note. Recently,
educators are making an effort to be
inclusive of all who made a difference.
One such group is Women.
300 Years is a LONG Time
• We are now going to make a human
timeline.
• We will begin in 1620 when Pilgrim men
voted on the way the colony should be
governed.
• There may be important dates marked
along the way…
• I will each of you a date arrange
yourselves in chronological order.
Timeline Questions
• How many years from the time white
men voted until women voted?
• How many years did all women try to get
the vote?
• How many years did white men try to get
the vote?
• FYI… black men got the vote right after
the Civil War . In the south Jim Crow Laws
prevented all blacks from voting but that
is a story for another day…
What took so long???
• When women arrived from Europe to the
colonies, voting was one of the least of unfair
laws about how women were treated.
• Women could NOT:
Go to School then High School then College
Own anything, their husbands owned their
clothes, their children, everything including
anything they inherited from their own
families.
What about Girls???
• Girls could not wear pants in fact they had to
wear so many underclothes that they may
have weighed as much as 15 extra pounds.
• They could not participate in sports or even
ride a bike.
• The future include one of a few options:
Marry and become ruled by your husband
Become a teacher(need to go to HS)
Become a “Old Maid” and live out your life on
the goodness of your family and in return
you take care of them.
Another Activity
• Close your eyes and visualize your life as it might have
been before Women Right’s changed.
• Boys -think about all boy’s schools, all boy’s playing
sports, riding a bike, your Dad and eventually you
having total control over your family
• Girls- think about having no real say in your life and
facing the fact that it will always be so
• Talk to each other (partners) about what came to your
mind
• Quick Write about 2-4 sentences about your life
before Women’s Rights
Revolutionary War Hero
• Name 2 more…
Civil Rights Hero
• Name two more…
Activity # 3
People have for a long time been familiar with the
heroes of our fight for independence.
Name Two
• 1.
• 2.
In recent years people have become familiar with
heroes of Civil Rights Movement.
Name Two
1.
2.
Get your chart with women’s names out…
Names
Symbol
Brief description
Wedding Rings
First woman to marry that
was not husband’s property
Kept her name
Book
Began Woman Suffragette
movement with SBA Wrote
History of Woman’s
Suffrage Movement
Silver dollar
Fought for equal pay for
women teachers
Microphone (metaphor)
Made a famous speech
“Aint I am Women fighting
for all women not just
white women
Red Cross
Nursed men on the
battlefield during the Civil
War
Bloomers
Designed and wore first
women’s trousers
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
Amelia Bloomer
Women Rights Heroines
• Notice the
picket
sign
Speaker Women
• One law we haven’t talked about is Women could
not talk at a gathering where men were present.
• HOWEVER, women became involved in two
causes they believed in : Temperance and Anti –
Slavery.
• They began to break the law and speak out and
people including men began to listen.
• So then they began to speak out, have marches
and in general make everyone aware of a
Women’s Right to Vote.
Make Three Picket Signs
Make 3 Picket signs on the hand out….
Make one picket sign-Anti- Slavery
Make one picket sign- Temperance (AntiAlcohol)
Make one picket sign- Women ‘s Right to
Vote
Examples of Picket Signs
• Make 3 more…
Finally…
• On August 26 , 1920 -300 years after white
men , 27 million WOMEN got the vote. All the
heroines who fought so hard were gone but
their legacy allows the choices you and I
have today. We can vote, go to college, wear
pants, speak to any group, own our personal
belongings including property, have any
career we want ..
Thanks, Ladies…
ecause of you…
ur possibilities
are limit