Topic: Gender
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Virginian Luxuries
This image shows the evils of slavery. On the left panel, a white man attempts to kiss a black woman, apparently against her will. On the right panel, a white...
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Founding Daughter: Commemorating the Life & Leadership of Martha Jefferson Randolph
After researching the life of Martha Jefferson Randolph, students will formulate questions, interpret primary sources and construct evidence to support an argument. Students will be able to answer essential questions,...
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19th Amendment
This document is the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which guarantees women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and it took over...
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Declaration of Sentiments
This document is the Declaration of Sentiments issued by the participants in the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. At this gathering in upstate New York, 342 women and men wrote...
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Female Pashtun after Voting
In 2005, a Pashtu woman displayed her inked finger to show she voted in Afghanistan’s election. Although no women and many men did not have the right to vote in...
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Jefferson to Martha Jefferson
Jefferson wrote this letter to establish his daughter’s study schedule during her stay in Philadelphia. Eleven-year-old Patsy Jefferson learned French, music, drawing, and dancing from tutors. She practiced reading and...
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Jefferson to Nathaniel Burwell
In this letter to a fellow Virginian, Jefferson conceded that educating females could be useful. Educated mothers could teach their daughters. If her husband had no money to pay for...
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Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences
This 1792 painting by Samuel Jennings was the first by an American artist to address the issue of slavery. Broken chains lay at the feet of Liberty, represented here by...
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Martha Jefferson Randolph
In this portrait, a sixty-four-year old Martha Jefferson Randolph bore a striking resemblance to her famous father. Jefferson, who never supported public education for girls, sent Martha to a French...
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