Final Project Proposal

For my senior paper, I wrote about the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, where Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and a church full of others formally started the women’s suffrage movement. I would like to continue this topic for my final review project in the form of a photographic essay. I will focus on the images of the women, the movement as it grew, and on the progress today of helping women around the world gain the right to vote. There are several images of the early activists and their activities, and many of current-day women who have only recently gained the right to vote. The essay would be aimed at young women who are just becoming old enough to vote, and also at the general public in order to share the experiences, trials, and triumphs women have experienced while gaining their right to vote. The site will be set up similar to an exhibition, with the text and an image together, but will also include some select links if the reader would like more information on a specific topic. As a follow-up, the end pages will include a list of libraries, national parks, and other resources for the reader to explore on their own.