Outside the Classroom

Women’s Rights

Participants become deeply familiar with the connection between Amendments 1 and 19.

Closing The Gender Gap

To close the gender gap at all levels of government leadership, 1st Amendment-1st Vote, Inc offers high school girls a non-partisan opportunity to engage in the democratic process, and to imagine themselves in elected office or professional government-related positions.

Programming began in 2018, and since then we’ve hosted hundreds of teens representing scores of NYS high schools.

Students explore:

• the importance in a representative democracy, of casting an informed vote in every election for which they are eligible.
• the US political process by gaining knowledge and practicing skills to be active community citizens.
• networking with women in government leadership or elected office to learn about professional government related jobs and mounting/supporting a campaign.
• the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to US Constitution.
• the historical significance of the contribution of Indigenous Women and Women of Color to American democracy.
• the legacy of Seneca Falls, New York, the home of the first women’s rights convention in America (1848).