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2. What can we use to formulate Historical Questions? Historical documents Historical documents Eyewitness accounts Eyewitness accounts Letters Letters Diaries Diaries Artifacts Artifacts Photos Photos Historical Sites Historical Sites Art Art Architecture Architecture Other records of the past Other records of the past 2

3. Abigail Adams “Remember the Ladies” 3

4. 4 The Seneca Falls Declaration (1848) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

5. 5 Susan B. Anthony: In Favor of Women's Suffrage (1872)

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7. Questions to Consider Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue? 7

8. 8 Women’s Suffrage

9. Declaration of Sentiments 9 The Declaration of the Seneca Falls Convention, using the model of the US Declaration of Independence, forthrightly demanded that the rights of women as right-bearing individuals be acknowledged and respected by society. The Declaration of the Seneca Falls Convention, using the model of the US Declaration of Independence, forthrightly demanded that the rights of women as right-bearing individuals be acknowledged and respected by society. It was signed by 68 women and 32 men. It was signed by 68 women and 32 men.

10. 10 Agnes Nestor: Working Her Fingers to the Bone (1898)

11. 11 Headquarters of an Anti-Suffrage Group (c.1910)

12. 12 Anti-Suffrage Pamphlet (c.1910)

13. 13 Alice Miller: Why We Don't Want Men to Vote (1915)

14. 14 "Kaiser Wilson"

15. 15 Carrie Chapman Catt: Do you know? (1918)

16. Alice Paul "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." 16

17. Lucy Burns 17

18. Harry T. Burn 18 “Don’t forget to be a Good Boy” “Don’t forget to be a Good Boy” Harry T. Burn’s letter Harry T. Burn’s letter from Mom and the from Mom and the Ratification of the 19th Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Amendment in Tennessee Tennessee

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21. 21 Passage of the 19th Amendment Passed in 1919 Passed in 1919 “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. ” “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. ”

22. 22 Women’s Suffrage Map

23. Historical Research A good teacher acts as a messenger from the past, empowering students through historical research. A good student uses historical research techniques and is thus empowered to make informed decisions. 23

24. Questions to Consider Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue? 24

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