Foremothers of women's equality
March 11, 2013, 43 mins
Just as George Washington is considered a “Forefather” of American democracy, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott are the “Foremothers” of the struggle for women's equality. Yet, while Anthony, Stanton, and Mott are arguably the best known suffragists, most young people know little about them or the women who fought alongside them, activists whose names and accomplishments should become as familiar to Americans as those of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Using History Vault, an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, archives, photographs, correspondence, and other primary sources in women's history, we will demonstrate example that will help you put students in touch with some key documents of the equal rights movement and information about the Foremothers of women's equality.