"Hard Won, Not Done" is the big idea behind a short PBS video that celebrates the efforts of early suffragists like Carrie Chapman Catt and underscores the work that still needs to be done to ensure voting rights for all U.S. citizens.

Concepts

suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's history, women's history month, the nineteenth amendment, voting rights, the voting rights act

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups research current voting rights issues including controversies over voting by mail, voter identification, and polling places
  

Classroom Considerations

• Part of the PBS Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women series

Pros

• Support materials include a suggested research activity, discussion questions, and a link to an interactive timeline and social media clips

Cons

• None