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Abolition
African-American
Mosaic
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
This
site,
part
of
the
Library
of
Congress's
web,
is
a
Library
of
Congress
Resource
Guide
for
the
Study
of
Black
History
and
Culture.
The
collection
includes
a
section
on
abolition,
the
conflict
of
abolition
and
slavery,
and
the
influence
of
prominent
abolitionists.
African
American
Odyssey:
A
Quest
for
Full
Citizenship
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
This
site,
another
part
of
the
Library
of
Congress
American
Memory
exhibit,
contains
a
wide
array
of
important
and
rare
books,
government
documents,
manuscripts,
maps,
musical
scores,
plays,
films,
and
recordings
on
American
black
history.
Two
sections
are
of
particular
interest,
Free
Blacks
in
the
Antebellum
Period
and
Abolition.
This
presentation
is
not
yet
searchable.
The
Underground
Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html
This
National
Geographic
Society
Web
site
contains
an
interactive
account
of
a
runaway
slave's
journey
on
the
Underground
Railroad.
The
site
also
contains
Routes
to
Freedom,
map
of
escape
routes;
a
Time
Line
that
covers
slavery
in
the
New
Word
from
1501
to
1865
when
slavery
in
the
US
is
abolished;
and
Faces
of
Freedom,
a
section
containing
portraits
and
short
descriptions
of
abolitionists.
In
addition
there
are
Classroom
Ideas
by
grade
level
with
class
activities
and
Internet
resources,
plus
a
discussion
forum
and
a
list
of
resources
and
Web
sites
for
further
study.
Uncle
Tom’s
Cabin
&
American
Culture
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/
American
Experience—The
Time
of
the
Lincolns
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/
Women's
Rights [top]
Western New York
Suffragists - Winning the Vote
http://www.winningthevote.org/
The website features biographical sketches of 35 suffragists
(women and men in the five-county Rochester region who championed
women's right to vote) , a summary of the suffrage movement, timelines
of local and national events, and links to related resources.
PBS:
Not
For
Ourselves
Alone:
The
Story
of
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton
and
Susan
B.
Anthony
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/
This is a "Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan" from the
National Archives.
Women's History
Month
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/index.htm
Here is a timeline the Women's Rights Movement
from
3000
B.C.
to
1994
and
biographies
of
more
than
80
women
including
Susan
B.
Anthony
and
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton
but
not
Mary Wollstonecrafts .
Living
the
Legacy
-
1848-1998
http://www.legacy98.org/
This
site
from
the
National
Women's
History
Project
commemorates
the
150th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
U.S.
Women's
Rights
movement.
There
is
a
detailed
Time
Line
beginning
in
1848,
with
the
first
women's
rights
convention,
and
a
History
of
the
Movement.
National
Museum
of
Women's
History
http://www.nmwh.org/
This
Web
site
contains
feature
exhibits
(reached
by
clicking
on
Map
in
the
upper
right
hand
corner
or
on
featured
exhibits
at
the
bottom
of
the
page)
on
Political,
Cultural
and
Imagery
of
American
Woman
Suffrage.
Take
the
In
Depth
Tour
or
look
at
the
Time
Line
that
begins
in
1840.
There
is
also
an
image
gallery
and
a
few
additional
links.
National
Women's
Hall
of
Fame
http://greatwomen.org/
This
site
has
portraits
and
profiles
of
the
close
to
two
hundred
notable
women
of
the
United
States
(living
and
deceased)
inducted
into
the
Hall
of
Fame
since
its
founding
in
1969--Women
of
the
Hall.
Women's
Rights
National
Historical
Park
http://www.nps.gov/wori/wrnhp.htm
This
site,
by
the
National
Park
Service,
includes
information
on
the
Women's
Rights
Convention,
the
Participants
at
the
Convention
and
Related
Events
including
the
Temperance
Movement
and
the
Abolition
Movement.
History
Channel
Exhibits:
Women
History
2001
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/womenhist/
Education
[top]
Making
of
America
Teacher
Resource
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
This
site
is
the
completed
first
phase
of
a
digital
library
of
primary
sources
in
American
social
history
from
the
antebellum
period
through
reconstruction
(1850-1877)
put
together
by
the
University
of
Michigan
and
Cornell
University.
Progressivism & The Gilded Age (1865-1877)
http://progressiveliving.org/progressive_timeline_1865_1900.htm
A timeline... Temperance
[top]
1825-1855:
American
Society
of
Temperance
1874:
WCTU--Women's
Christian
Temperance
Union
Louisa
May
Alcott
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/lma.htm
Alcott
was
not
only
an
author,
she
was
also
involved
in
the
right
of
women
to
vote
and
the
temperance
movement.
Amelia
Bloom
http://www.nps.gov/wori/bloomer.htm
Published
The
Lily,
a
monthly
temperance
paper.
The
paper
became
the
voice
for
the
advocates
of
the
women's
movement.
Benjamin
Rush's
Inquiry
http://library.uwaterloo.ca/seagrams/temper/sea2.html
This
site,
from
The
University
of
Waterloo
Library,
contains
extracts
from
Benjamin
Rush's
(sometimes
called
the
father
of
the
temperance
movement)
Inquiry
into
the
Effects
of
Ardent
Spirits
upon
the
Human
Body.
Frances
Willard
http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/prohibition/willard/
A
site
on
the
second
President
of
WCTU
(Women's
Christian
Temperance
Union).
Woman's
Crusade
of
1873-1874
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/prohibition/crusade.htm
From
the
Ohio
State
History
Department
Page
on
American
Prohibition,
this
site
covers
the
time
when
women
began
taking
direct
action
against
the
saloon
and
the
liquor
traffic
in
the
US.
American
Temperance
and
Prohibition
http://prohibition.history.ohio-state.edu/
Mental
Health [top] Dix,
Dorothea
Lynde
http://women.eb.com/women/articles/Dix_Dorothea_Lynde.html
This
site
on
Dorothea
Lynde
Dix
is
from
the
editors
of
Britannica
Online,
Women
in
American
History.
Dorthea
Dix
http://www.civilwarhome.com/dixbio.htm
This
is
another
site
on
Dorthea
Dix. Religious
Revival
[top] Teacher
Serve
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/divam.htm
Teacher
Serve
is
an
interactive
curriculum
enrichment
service
for
high
school
teachers.
Divining
America,
the
current
project,
is
divided
into
three
eras:
the
17th
&
18th
Centuries,
the
19th
Century,
and
the
20th
Century.
The
19th
Century
era
includes:
Religion
and
the
Founding
of
the
American
Republic
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html
This
Library
of
Congress
exhibition
follows
the
history
of
the
American
Republic
in
relationship
to
the
strong
religious
beliefs
of
the
men
and
women
who
settled
in
this
country.
The
exhibition
is
divided
into
seven
areas,
including
"Religion
and
the
New
Republic."
Democracy
in
America
Teacher
Resource
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/
Tocqueville's
Democracy
in
America
is
another
project
of
the
American
Studies
Programs
at
the
University
of
Virginia.
In
this
project
the
task
of
re-contextualizing
Alexis
de
Tocqueville's
famous
political
and
cultural
analysis
of
American
democracy
has
been
done.
The
project
is
divided
into
14
sections
including
Everyday
Life,
American
Women,
and
American
Religion
in
1831.
There
is
a
link
from
American
Religion
in
1831
to:
-
Charles
Grandison
Finney
and
the
Revival
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/religion/revival.html
This
site
gives
a
brief
introduction
to
Charles
Finney,
a
central
figure
of
the
revivalist
movement.
Illinois
Women
and
Religion
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/rel.cfm
Women and Religion in American 1600-1900 More
Information:
[top]
Big
Chalk
http://www.bigchalk.com
This
site
is
a
collection
of
sites
for
the
K-12
curriculum.
The
site
is
searchable
and
has
information
on
the
temperance
movement,
women's
rights
and
abolition
movement.
Women
in
History
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/index.html
Women
in
History
is
a
non-profit
corporation
dedicated
to
the
education
of
all
people
through
the
dramatic
re-creation
of
lives
of
notable
women
in
US
history.
Click
on
Historical
Figures
or
Characters
to
find
a
list
of
notable
women
in
US
history
with
links
to
information
on
them.
Women
and
Social
Movements
in
the
United
States,
1830-1930
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
A
searchable
collection
of
"primary
documents
related
to
women
and
social
movements
in
the
United
States
between
1830
and
1930.
It
is
organized
around
"editorial
projects,
"each
of
which"
poses
a
question
and
provides
15-20
documents
that
address
the
question."
The
links
and
search
area
can
be
very
useful.
Votes
for
Women
http://www.huntington.org/HLPress/votesdetail.html
This site covers a “Votes for Women” exhibit, a publication for the Votes for
Women exhibit. There are very nice posters here to use as primary documents. [Return
to
the
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and
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are
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and
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