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Primary Source Sets:  Women

Women's Suffrage

A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring women's suffrage in the United States. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.


Women in Science and Technology

A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring women's contributions to science and technology. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photos, film footage, newspaper articles, interviews, and manuscripts explore women's contributions to science and technology.


Nineteenth Century Women: Struggle and Triumph

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine powerful stories of brave women who helped shape the history of the United States during the 19th century.


Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine examine a variety of primary source documents related to the women's suffrage movement and then create original documents encouraging citizens to vote in current elections.

Suffragists and Their Tactics

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the strategies and challenges of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.


Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War.


Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the modern woman's suffrage movement and its beginnings in the 1840s with the Seneca Falls Convention.