Title
Emma Smith Devoe : Women's Suffrage in Washington State 1880's to the 19th Amendment
Subject
Creator
Publisher
Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State
Date
2018
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Grade Levels
Introduction
This is a seven day unit that explores how people create, interact, and change structures of power and authority over time by answering these essential questions/key ideas:
- Why is the right to vote the most important right?
- Who was Emma Smith Devoe?
- Why did she work so hard to get women the right to vote?
- Why were the Western States more open to women voting than the East?
- What arguments did men and institutions use to keep women from voting?
Materials
Lesson Plan
Emma Smith Devoe Obituary
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Flag Day Ceremony
Flag Day Exercises Held At DeVoe home
Soldier's Tribute to a Woman
Woman's Progress cartoon
How Washington Women Lost the Ballot
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Articles from August 1908
Pauper Happy Because He Will Not Lose Vote, August 6, 1908
A Great Possession, August 14, 1908
Woman Pleads for Equal Rights, August 21, 1908
The Women of Washington Want the Ballot. Why?
Picture File Cards (pdf)
Picture File Cards (editable document)
Emma Smith Devoe Obituary
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Flag Day Ceremony
Flag Day Exercises Held At DeVoe home
Soldier's Tribute to a Woman
Woman's Progress cartoon
How Washington Women Lost the Ballot
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Articles from August 1908
Pauper Happy Because He Will Not Lose Vote, August 6, 1908
A Great Possession, August 14, 1908
Woman Pleads for Equal Rights, August 21, 1908
The Women of Washington Want the Ballot. Why?
Picture File Cards (pdf)
Picture File Cards (editable document)
Standards
College, Career and Civic Life Standards
C1-Developing questions and planning inquiries
C1-Developing questions and planning inquiries
- Picture File Cards
- Analyze Political Cartoon
C2-Applying disciplinary tools and concepts
- Read and Analyze timeline
- How to read non-fiction text/Close Reading
C3-Evaluating sources and using evidence to develop claims/evaluate claims
- Debate and Essay on the Right to Vote
C4-Communicating conclusions/critiquing conclusions
- Political Cartoon Analysis
- Color/Symbol/Image