Date of Award
6-2020
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Wilson Warren
Second Advisor
Dr. Sally Hadden
Third Advisor
Dr. Mitch Kachun
Keywords
Woman's suffrage movement, textbooks, history
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The narrative of the woman’s suffrage movement in high school history textbooks varies from textbook to textbook and over time. Textbooks include different information, people, events, and interpretations of events. They employ different word choices and pictures. By using comparative analyzation of numerous popular high school textbooks, the pressure exerted by external economic, social, and political forces on the historical narrative can be seen. Studying the historical narrative in this way trains students to be discerning learners of history and equips them not only to recognize the bias in any historical narrative, but also to be able to analyze how historical narratives display biases.
Recommended Citation
DeVries, Michelle A., "The Portrayal of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement in High School History Textbooks" (2020). Masters Theses. 5156.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5156
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