Women's Rights

Examine the ways in which women have had to fight to be treated as equals to men.

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Today, in much of the world, women have the same rights as men. But that has not always been the case. For centuries, women had to work hard to be able to work in any job they wanted, to get paid the same as men for the same work, and to be able to vote. Thanks to the courage and efforts of many women leaders, these things were achieved.

Essential Questions

In what ways have women been treated differently from men throughout history?
How were women able to achieve equality?
Who helped bring about these changes?

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Susan B. Anthony ⚒️

Susan B. Anthony is a well-known suffragist, which means she fought for women to have the right to vote. Later in life, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the two of them became ardent and vocal leaders of the women's rights movement.

Essential questions:

Who was Susan B. Anthony?
What did she fight for?
Why is she considered a Changemaker?

Suggested Activity: Social Meda Post

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 🚀

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Supreme Court Justice. Throughout her lifetime, she fought hard for the equal treatment of men and women.

Essential questions:

Who was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
What were some of Justice Ginsburg's most notable accomplishments?
In what ways did Justice Ginsburg change the world around her?

Suggested Activity: Words to Live By

Thematic Connections 🚀

Select a topic and examine it through the theme lens: Envisioning Change.

Justice Ginsburg never stopped envisioning change - mostly for women - and fought to make it happen.

Curricular Connections

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Timeline Challenge

Start a class timeline (or add to an existing timeline) showing important events in the struggle for women's rights.

Create

Choose a way to show what you know!

(Not sure what to do? Create a page of a photo album that might have belonged to one of these activists!)

STEM

Check out this free resource for some fun activities related to Justice Ginsburg.

Just for Fun

Try to solve this women's rights word search!
Enjoy a reading of Elizabeth Started at the Trouble about the women's rights movement.

Image Attributions

Women's Rights banner: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsSusan B. Anthony: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsRuth Bader Ginsburg: Ralph Alswang/White House Photograph Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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