women’s suffrage
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WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
BEGINNINGS
1848: Seneca Falls Convention – the first women’s rights convention in the US calls for women’s suffrage.
Prominent supporters:Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Abolitionist turned suffragist and prohibitionist. “Declaration of Sentiments” at Seneca Falls marks the beginning of the suffrage movement.
Susan B. Anthony: Abolitionist turned suffragist. Founder of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. 19th Amendment commonly known as the “Anthony Amendment.”
BEGINNINGS (CONT.)
Alliances with temperance movements and labor unions propel women’s suffrages to early success in western states.Wyoming: 1869Utah: 1870Washington: 1910California: 1911Oregon, Kansas, Arizona: 1912
Question: Why do you think they experienced success in the West?
Green: Full SuffrageOrange: Presidential SuffragePurple: Primary suffrageYellow; Municipal SuffrageLight blue: School, tax, or bond suffrageDark red: Some municipal suffragePink: Primary suffrage in some
Anti-Suffrage Cartoons
SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATIONS
NAWSA: National American Women Suffrage Association. Largest, most prominent organization for suffrage. Headed by Carrie Chapman Cat
Cooperates with the war effort – Council of National Defense.
NWP: National Woman’s Party. Militant group dedicated to suffrage. Hunger strikes in front of the White House. Force fed during hunger strike.
NYSAOWS: New York Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Most prominent anti-suffrage group.
THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT
Amendment first introduced in 1878.
WWI accelerates suffrage movementEntry of women in to workforce Increased role of women in societySome suffragists object to war; many help the war effort.
August 18, 1920: Tennessee the final state to approve the amendment – 1920 is the first Presidential election in which every woman of age can vote.
REVIEW!
Answer the following questions:What is the NAWSA? Who were the founders and leaders?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention? What is its importance?
What is the NWP? How did they differ from the NAWSA?
Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?
What amendment extended suffrage to women?
When was it passed?