collage of black and white photographs of women of color suffragists

Women of Color Suffragists Videos

Resource Type
Video
Grade Level:
6–8, 9–12
Discipline:
Social Studies
Topic:
Women, Voting, Civil Rights

Educational Videos

Students will learn about women of color suffragists by watching video clips and answering questions using an interview with Award-winning historian Cathleen D. Cahill, author of Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement, in conversation with Virginia Scharff, the Autry’s Senior Scholar and Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of New Mexico.

These video clips require a general knowledge of women’s suffrage and the 19th Amendment. Please see the Autry lesson: Women’s Suffrage in the West.


Standards

CA HSS 8.6.6
CA HSS 8.8.3
CA HSS: 11.10.7


Teaching Tips for Different Learning Environments

  • It is recommended that all students watch Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists.
  • Individual/Whole Class: Teachers can assign students different video clips to watch, have answer the questions for the video clip and then have them present to their classmates.
  • Small Groups: Teachers can assign 3 students for each video (for a class of 30), have students watch the video together and answer the questions in a small group and then present to their classmates.
  • Self-Paced: Students can choose 2 video clips on their own to watch, answer the questions, and share what they learned.

Lesson Resources

Below are questions for each video clip with a brief background and timeline of key events in Suffrage in the United States. It is recommended that all students watch Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists.

Questions for Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 2: The Unity and Disunity of Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 3: Native American Women Suffragists
Questions for Video 4: The Black Suffragist Experience
Questions for Video 5: Strategies of Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 6: The American West and Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 7: Influences on Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 8: Legacies of Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 9: Class and Privilege of Women of Color Suffragists
Questions for Video 10: Lessons for today from Women of Color Suffragists


Links to Associated Education Resources

Videos

Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists

  • Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 2: The Unity and Disunity of Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 3: Native American Women Suffragists
  • Video 4: The Black Suffragist Experience
  • Video 5: Strategies of Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 6: The American West and Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 7: Influences on Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 8: Legacies of Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 9: Class and Privilege of Women of Color Suffragists
  • Video 10: Lessons for today from Women of Color Suffragists

Educational Programs at the Autry are sponsored by:

Dean and Laura Beresford · Molly and Neal Brockmeyer · Vince and Colleen Caballero · Capital Group · David F. Eisenberg · The Georgina-Fredrick Children's Foundation · Christy McAvoy · Marleen and Bruce Rognlien · Robert E. Ronus · Brenda and Gary Ruttenberg · The Steinmetz Foundation · Virginia F. Stevenson · Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation

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