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WOMEN'S

SUFFRAGE

WOMEN'S

SUFFRAGE

In the Progressive Era

When the constitution of the United States was written,

only adult white men who owned property had the right to vote.

Women had NO right to vote. They were denied other basic rights such as the right to own property.

"

There will never be complete equality until women themselves help to make the laws and elect the lawmakers.

"

-Susan B. Anthony

LED MOVEMENTS TO:

BACKGROUND:

Improve living conditions for immigrants

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In the Progressive Era

1890s to 1920s

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Improve factory conditions

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Regulate big business

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The Progressive Era was a period of reform to make a better America and restore the government back to the people of the country.

Clean corrupt city governments

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

RULED BY

PRESIDENTS

RULED BY

PRESIDENTS

Woodrow Wilson

term 1913 - 1921

Theodore Roosevelt

term 1901 - 1909

William Howard Taft

term 1909 - 1913

It began with a

TEA PARTY

LAUNCHING THE

On July 9, 1848, a tea party among five friends marked the beginning of the Suffrage Movement.

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SUFFRAGE

These 5 women were Jane Hunt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, and

Mary Ann McClintock.

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MOVEMENT

What began as a gathering to air their

grievances about the world’s injustices

toward women led to the formation of the American Women’s Movement.

On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York.

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For the next 50 years, women's suffrage supporters worked to educate the public about the validity of the cause.

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Under the leadership of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,

women's rights pioneers and suffragists

circulated petitions to lobby Congress

to pass a constitutional amendment

to enfranchise women.

Sojourner Truth

In Akron, Ohio, she delivered her famous extemporaneous speech on women's rights, later known as "Ain't I a Woman." Her speech demanded equal human rights for all women as well as for all blacks.

The Key

LEADERS

Anna Howard Shaw

b.1847 d. 1919

Susan Anthony

b.1820 d.1906

Elizabeth Stanton

b.1815 d.1902

Sojourner Truth

b. 1797 d.1883

Anna Howard Shaw was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the United States.

Lucretia Mott

b. 1793 d.1880

Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.

Sojourner Truth delivered her famous extemporaneous speech on

women's rights, later known as

"Ain't I a Woman."

Her speech demanded equal human rights for all women as well as for all blacks.

Lucretia Mott helped organize the first women’s right convention at Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848.

Political

POLITICAL

EFFECTS

Women worked for the right to vote and the right to run for office.

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The National Woman's Party

A women's organization founded in 1917 that fought for women's rights for the right to vote on the same terms as men.

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19th Amendment:

The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex (U.S. Constitution).

(Ratified August 18, 1920)

Social

SOCIAL

EFFECTS

Women's Suffrage Movement:

-Susan B. Anthony - prominent American civil rights leader

-Fighting for equality

-Right to vote (19th amendment)

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Strike of 1909:

-Defending themselves for protection and working rights after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

-Suffrage Marches: On March 3, 1913, over 5,000 suffragists paraded in Washington, D.C. to secure their right to vote in America

Economic

ECONOMIC

EFFECTS

Women began going to school and pursuing careers rather than staying home to marry and have children

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Job discrimination

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Women paid less than men

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Between 1880 and 1910, the number of women employed in the United States increased from 2.6 million to 7.8 million.

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60% of women employed as domestic servants.

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Suffragists supported equal pay for men and women

The Suffrage Map Early in August, 1920

1919

The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment and the ratification process begins.

1912

August 26, 1920

Women's suffrage is supported for

the first time at a national level

by a major political party --

Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party.

Twenty thousand suffrage supporters join a New York City suffrage parade.

Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona adopt women's suffrage.

TIMELINE OF THE

Three quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.

American women win full voting rights.

SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

1918

The Women's Suffrage movement began in 1840 and ended in 1920

President Woodrow Wilson states his support for

a federal women's suffrage amendment.

He addresses the Senate about adopting women's suffrage at the end of World War I.

Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma

adopt women's suffrage.

1910

1876

Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disrupt the official Centennial Program at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, presenting a “Declaration of Rights for Women”

to the Vice President.

Washington State adopts women's suffrage.

The Women’s Political Union organizes the first suffrage parade in New York City.

1866

1887

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization dedicated to the goal of suffrage for all regardless of gender or race.

1851

The first vote on women's suffrage is taken in the Senate and is defeated.

1868

Worcester, Massachusetts is the site of the second National Women's Rights Convention. Participants included Horace Mann, New York Tribune columnist Elizabeth Oaks Smith, and

Reverend Harry Ward Beecher, one of the nation's most popular preachers.

At a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, delivers her memorable speech,

"Ain't I a woman?"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of

The Revolution. This periodical carries the motto

“Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!”

The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. "Citizens" and "voters" are defined exclusively as male.

1861-1865

1848

During the Civil War, efforts for the suffrage movement come to a halt. Women put their energies toward the war effort.

Seneca Falls, New York is the location for the first Women's Rights Convention.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes "The Declaration of Sentiments," creating the agenda of women's activism for decades to come.

1849

The first state constitution

in California extends property rights to women.

CURRENT ISSUES

FACED BY WOMEN

Still not fully seen as equal

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Women earn less than men

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President Obama signed a law targeting U.S pay gap

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Congress is considering a bill to address underlying discrimination (Fitzpatrick)

Source: BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbdskuuocpg

References & Citations

Fitzpatrick, Laura. "Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men?" Time. Time, 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

"Montanans for a Brighter Future." Women and Children's Rights. Web. 30 Sept. 2012

"Progressive Era (1890-1913)." Progressive Era (1890-1913). Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

"The Constitution of the United States," Amendment 19.

"The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum - Home." The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum - Home.

"Women in the Progressive Era." Women in the Progressive Era. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

"Women Suffrage in the Progressive Era - For Teachers (Library of Congress)." Women Suffrage in the Progressive Era - For Teachers (Library of Congress). Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

"Women's Rights." Young Democrats. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

"Women's Rights Movement." Infoplease. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

Bilhartz, Terry D. "Anna Howard Shaw." Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century. Ed. John Powell. 4 vols. Salem Press, 2007. Salem History Web. September 26, 2011.

From the article "Out of Subjection Into Freedom" by Marjorie Shuler, published in The Woman Citizen, page 360, September 4, 1920

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