Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary SourceDate Posted: 8/18/2008
Gear and Lever voting, meant to ensure the confidentiality and efficiency of the election process, is the focus of this section of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s online exhibition entitled Vote: The Machinery of Democracy. Students will learn about the connection between the 19th Amendment, the suffrage movement and improved voting technology.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
In January 1917, members of the National Woman's Party (NWP) became the first people to picket th...
enfranchisement, US history, voting, election day, technology, 1900’s, twentieth century, government, 1800’s, political science, suffrage, United States history, nineteenth century, History, democracy, ballot, American history, election, politics, voting equipment
A humorous and poignant fictional story, this book is also an eye-opening view of the women's suf...
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