Voting Rights Programs for Students and Educators
As we approach Election Day 2020, join the Museum of the City of New York for the following FREE Workshops for Educators and Adults and Students in grades 2–5 and 6–12. These virtual events will explore the women’s suffrage movement in NYC, the fight for full suffrage led by women of color, and the ongoing movement to expand voting rights today.
Get informed and energized for Election Day by signing up for the Educator Workshop on October 27 or one of the Student Workshops on October 27, 29, and November 3.
Educators, click here to view the resource sheet for the October 27 workshop that highlights featured MCNY exhibitions, sources, and lesson plans, as well as suggested readings for further exploration.
Advance registration required.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 2 – 5)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 6 - 12)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 2 – 5)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 6 - 12)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Voting, Race, and the Battle for Full Women's Suffrage
In this free online workshop, explore the complex history and contemporary legacy of women’s fight to win the vote. 1.5 CTLE.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 6 - 12)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now (Grades 2 – 5)
Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Related Exhibition - October 11, 2017 - August 5, 2018
Beyond Suffrage
Full credits for the image above from left to right: Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet, c. 1860, Courtesy of the Photographs and Print Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library / Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations; Mabel Lee, 1915, Courtesy of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections; Harriot Stanton Blatch and Rose Schneiderman, 1915, Courtesy of the Rose Schneiderman Collection, Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Archives, New York University.
Education programs in conjunction with Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics are made possible by The Puffin Foundation Ltd.
Professional Learning programs are made possible in part by …a chance… fund, inc.
The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center is endowed by grants from The Thompson Family Foundation Fund, the F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment, and other generous donors.
