Lesson Introduction

Think About It

  • Imagine your class was voting on where you wanted to go on your next field trip. However, when your teacher asked everyone to vote, she only counted the boys’ votes.
  • Does that seem fair?
  • What would you do or say in that situation?


Equal Rights

There was a time in America where women did not have all the same rights that men did. Women could not vote, own property, or get a college degree. A group of women thought that America should be a land with equal rights for all people, both men and women, and decided to do something about the unfairness.