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Amendment XV

race and the right to vote
2009
Explore the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States through primary and secondary sources, both historical and contemporary. Includes black-and-white photographs.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

the right is ours
2001
A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to women's right to vote.

The fight for women's right to vote in American history

1998
Discusses the people and events connected to the struggle to achieve women's rights, including the right to vote, from its origins in the mid-1800s through the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Leaders of women's suffrage

2001
Profiles the lives and work of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Anna Howard Shaw, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

leader of the fight for women's rights
2002
Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, focusing on her outspoken views in favor of women's right to vote and to divorce.

The Susan B. Anthony women's voting rights trial

a headline court case
2002
Examines the efforts to gain the right for women in the United States to vote, focusing on the trial of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the presidential election in 1872.

The Fifteenth Amendment

African-American men's right to vote
1998
Examines the Amendment which gave African-American men the right to vote and discusses the struggle that took place to regain this right when it was denied.

Failure is impossible

Susan B. Anthony in her own words
1995
A biography of feminist Susan B. Anthony that includes selections from her speeches, letters and quotes.

A long way to go

1992
Eight-year-old Lila deals with the women's suffrage movement that rages during World War I.

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