Teaching Guide, Article Indigenous and Women of Color Suffrage Activism

The story of women’s suffrage is more complex, richer, and longer than the traditional narrative that runs from the Seneca Falls Convention to the 19th Amendment and focuses on a few famous white women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Of course, they were some of the first to call for women’s right to vote and among the most important leaders of the movement. But there are many nonwhite women beyond the famous white suffragists who helped make the right to vote a reality for all women. This teaching guide shares an essay that includes profiles on four nonwhite women suffragists and their contributions to the women’s rights movement, along with additional resources and suggested instructional activities.