Programming with Primary Sources: Women's Suffrage
Excerpt from the American Library Association (ALA) press release:
The 31-page guide is free and available to all on the ALA website. Download the guide here.
History textbooks often offer a simplistic narrative of the nation’s experience of granting women the ballot, but a closer look paints a much more complex history of women’s voting rights activism.
Created by librarians in collaboration with the ALA Public Programs Office, the “Programming with Primary Sources: Women’s Suffrage” guide seeks to shed light on lesser-known histories and perspectives from the women’s suffrage era and provide user-friendly resources so libraries across the United States can lead impactful conversations about this important part of our nation’s past.
The guide includes:
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Six program models, each with detailed program outlines and primary source recommendations, that can be replicated and adapted for different audiences.
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Suggestions of ways to pair primary source analysis with book discussions.
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Helpful resources for analyzing primary sources, learning about women’s suffrage, and understanding copyright and fair use.
- Programming with Primary Sources: Women's SuffrageWith funding from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program, the American Library Association (ALA) has published “Programming with Primary Sources: Women’s Suffrage,” a resource guide to inspire and help library workers bring primary source inquiry into their book clubs, crafts and other library programs.
