History Now Essay Women in American Politics in the Twentieth Century Sara Evans Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ At the beginning of the twentieth century, women were outsiders to the formal structures of political life—voting, serving on juries, holding elective office—and they were subject to wide-ranging discrimination that marked them as... Appears in: 7 | Women's Suffrage Spring 2006
News Women in the Civil War: Vivandieres Vivandieres, sometimes known as cantinieres, were women who followed the army to provide support for the troops. Ideally, a vivandiere would have been a young woman—the daughter of an officer or wife of a non-commissioned officer—who...
Lesson Plan Women in the Great Depression: Investigating Assumptions 9, 10, 11, 12 Introduction The greatest economic calamity in the history of the United States occurred in the third decade of the twentieth century. When the stock market crashed in 1929 and the economy plummeted over the next few years, the nation...