suffrage

Presents the history of voting and the fight for universal suffrage in the United States.

Learn about the controversial and inspiring movement that took decades to achieve suffrage for all women in the United States.

Surveys some of the people and events that have been significant in the historical progress toward universal suffrage.

A history of voting in America and its development as part of the democratic process.

Join Schoolhouse Rocky as he takes you and your friends down to the Conjuction Junction Diner, where the special of the day is America Rock. Learning about American History and Government is easy when you sing along with Schoolhouse Rock. Rocky serves up your favorite America Rock videos from the jukebox, including: No More Kings - the founding of America; Fireworks - the Declaration of Independence; The Shot Heard 'Round the World - the start of the revolution; The Preamble - the constitution; Elbow Room - the pioneers opening the west; The Great American Melting Pot - the ethnic diversity of America; Mother Necessity - great American inventors; Sufferin' Till Suffrage - women's right to vote; I'm Just a Bill - how a bill becomes a law; Three-Ring Government - the Judicial, Legislative and Executive Branches.

Provides a detailed account of events that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including descriptions of significant milestones in the civil rights movement; contains profiles of leading individuals in the campaign; and features a selection of primary source documents.

In 1867 Jennifer Harris buries her husband, becomes the mistress of the president of a major New York City bank, and begins work as a reporter for Elizabeth Cady Stanton?s newspaper. In this capacity she gets involved with the major issues of the day for women the movement for equality and voting rights and with some major players Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull, Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass, P.T. Barnum and George Francis Train.