The Extreme History Project in partnership with the Museum of the Rockies, celebrates the centennial of woman's suffrage in Montana with a reading and discussion of the book One Woman, One Vote. This study guide offers questions to consider for chapters 1 - 4. The book reading will culminate on December 4th with a screening of the PBS Experience film One Woman, One Vote and a panel discussion of the past, present and future of the Woman's Movement. Join us 6 pm, December 4th at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.

1. One Woman, One Vote
Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement
Study Guide 1
Covering Chapters 1 - 4
Questions to Consider
Chapter 1
 Why did the movement eventually shift its focus to a constitutional amendment for a woman’s vote?
 How might this chapter inform our understanding of the long running debates regarding an Equal Rights Amendment?
Chapter 2
 Why do you think the right to vote was the most contentious resolution in the “Declaration of Sentiments”?
 What part of the document did you find most interesting, surprising, etc.?
 What resolutions might twenty-first century women include in a list of resolutions?
Chapter 3
 What did you find most interesting about the relationship between Anthony and Stanton? How did their friendship shape their activism?
 How did each of their roles in life (as teacher, activist, mother, friend, daughter, wife, etc) influence their personal and political actions?
 How has your role in life shaped your feminist consciousness?
Chapter 4
 The author states, “Stanton and Anthony did extraordinary work for the cause of women’s rights; nevertheless, the political consequences of their earlier actions furnish a cautionary tale to those who continue to work for full equality for women today” (77). What contemporary issues and debates might benefit from this cautionary tale?
 How did women like Victoria Woodhull challenge nineteenth century ideas of “True Womanhood?” How does she change the way we think of women in nineteenth century?