u.s. society
Women
Although American women won the right to vote in 1920, broader economic and social change has been a longer time coming, and the pace of progress has often been uneven.
In the United States during the 1960s, there began a period of substantial social change; in women's issues, the result was a phenomenon known as the women's movement. Influenced by the success of the civil rights movement for racial equality and other progressive currents sweeping the nation during the 1960s and 1970s, a wide array of organizations and lobbying groups urged full equality for American women as well. The call was not only for a fundamental revision of American institutions, customs and values, but also for a revolution in consciousness -- in the minds of women as well as men -- and especially in the way women thought about themselves. Not everyone welcomed the resulting changes, as evidenced by the formation of a number of organizations intent on countering what they viewed as unrestrained feminism.
But whatever the perspective, there can be no doubt the changes have been telling. American women are living very different lives today than they did in the 1950s and earlier.
Abridged from US State Department IIP publications and other US government materials.
Background
· Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers University)
· Living the Legacy: the Women's Rights Movement, 1848 - 1998 (National Women's History Project)
· Women in American History (Encyclopedia Britannica)
· Women Pioneers in American Memory (Library of Congress, Learning Page)
Original Documents
· 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)
· The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
· Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches (Sweet Briar College)
· Sojourner Truth's Speech to the Akron Convention, 1851
· Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600 -2000 (State University of New York)
Statistics
· Facts for Features: Women's History Month 2007(U.S. Census Bureau)
· Statistical Abstract of the United States
· We, the American Women - 1993 (U.S.Census Bureau)
· We, the People: Women and Men in the U.S.- 2000 (U.S.Census Bureau) Jan. 2005
· Women in the United States: A Profile. 2000 (U.S.Census Bureau)
Exhibits - Digital Images
· Agents of Social Change: Online Exhibit (Smith College)
· First Ladies' Gallery (White House)
· National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
· National Museum of Women's History
· National Women's Hall of Fame
· National Women's History Project
· Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (PBS)
· Places Where Women Made History (National Register of Historic Places)
· Votes for Women: 1850 -1920 (Library of Congress)
· Women of Our Time: 20th Century Photographs, National Portrait Gallery
· Women's History (History Channel)
· Women's Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, NY
For Students
· The Contributions of Women (Learners Online)
· Meet Amazing Americans: Jane Addams, Amelia Earhart, Dorothea Lange, Pocahontas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman (America's Story. Library of Congress)
· Securing the Right to Vote (Learners Online)
· The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cody Stanton (PBS Kids)
· Women of the Century (DiscoverySchool.com)
· Women Who Changed History (Scholastic)
· Women's History Resources (Scholastic)
Teacher Resources
· The Changing Ideal. (American Experience. PBS Online)
· Cultural Change. Lesson Plan. (National Endowment for the Humanities)
· Eleanor Roosevelt (American Experience. PBS Online)
· Exploring Women's History (EDSITEment. National Endowment for the Humanities)
· Mother's Nature.An Exploration of the Million Mom March and Other Women's Movements. Lesson Plan. (New York Times Learning Network)
· Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment (National Archives)
· U.S. Women History. Lesson Plan Ideas (SUNY at Binghamton)
· The Woman's Rights Movement Lesson Plan (State University of New York at Binghamton)
· Women in American History. Lesson Plan. (Educator's Reference Desk)
· Women's History Lesson Plans. Teaching with Historic Places. (National Park Service)
· Women's History Month (Gale - Free Resources)
· Women's History Month (National Register of Historic Places)
· Women's Studies Database: Syllabi (University of Maryland)
Links Lists
· American Women. Online Research Guide (Library of Congress)
· American Women's History. A Research Guide (Middle Tennessee State University Library)
· A Celebration of Women Writers (Digital Library)
· Librarian's Guide to the Internet: Women
· Links to the News: Women's History Month (Poynter Institute) New
· Multimedia Sites in Women's History (MTSU)
· Women's History Resources (University of Wisconsin)
· Women's History on the Web (Encyclopedia Britannica)
· Women's Studies (Education Index)
· Women's Studies Section (Association of College & Research Libraries)
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