Campaign for Women’s Suffrage

Create Your Own Story

Suffragists in each state worked to make sure their state legislatures ratified the Nineteenth Amendment. In this final activity, you will have the opportunity to create your own front-page news story on the suffrage movement in your state.

Directions:

1. Check out the story of ratification in your own state using the National Park Service’s “19th Amendment By State” article and note the year of ratification.
2. Read two or three more articles from history websites that you have used before in class or your teacher recommends.
3. Write a short summary on your state’s story of ratification along with a few facts about suffrage you have learned in this case study.
4. Review the images in the carousel and decide which image will best accompany your piece—be creative!

As you write your article, keep the following in mind:

1. Length: 2–3 paragraphs.
2. Include basic facts (who, what, where, when, why, how).
3. Tie your piece back to a specific idea from one of the images provided in the carousel below.
4. Decide which news format you would like to use, newspaper or website.
5. Give your article a title and add a headline (a good headline catches the reader’s attention in some way).