Within any political movement conflicts arise as to how to proceed, how to gain the desired goal. The movement to pass the 19th Amendment was no exception. A short PBS video contrasts the strategies of long-time suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt to the more militant approach favored by Alice Paul. 

Concepts

civil rights, women's history, women's history month, suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage, civil disobedience, the nineteenth amendment

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• First, show the entire hour-long documentary, and then go into depth by showing the excerpts and completing the suggested activities for each clip

Classroom Considerations

• The video excerpt is from the full-length Iowa PBS documentary Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women
• One of 18 resources in the series

Pros

• Support materials include suggestions for research projects, activities, discussion questions, and links to an interactive timeline, primary source materials, and a website

Cons

• None