Transcript Women*s Rights to Vote

Kathleen Evans,
Robert Cortez
U.S. History
Mr. Bunch
Period 2
Facts
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woman suffrage movement began in 1848, when the
first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca
Falls, New York
In the 20th century leadership of the suffrage
movement passed to two organizations witch
were the NAWSA and the NWP
 NAWSA - National American Woman Suffrage Association
 NWP - National Woman’s Party
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Women in the reform movement also worked on
many issues related to sexuality, marriage, and
childbirth
(http://www.nwhm.org/)
Facts
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In 1869, the women's suffrage movement split
over the 15th Amendment, which granted the
vote to black men, but not to women.
The founding of NAWSA marked an important
step in the national fight for the right to vote, but
most of the work was done on a local level.
Formed in 1890, NAWSA was the result of a
merger between two rival factions
( http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/)
( http://memory.loc.gov)
Carrie Chapman Catt
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She was the very first female news reporter in
San Francisco in 1887
She joined Iowa Woman Suffrage Association for
whom she worked as a professional writer and
lecturer
Her name was Carrie Lane was born in
Wisconsin in 1859
(memory.loc.gov)
Ida B. Wells
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She was born a slave in 1862 in Holly Springs
She became one of the founding members of the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) and the National
Association for Colored Women (NACW)
(www.idabwells.org)
Alice Paul
She joined the woman suffrage movement while
pursuing graduate studies in England
 she was schooled in the militant tactics of
Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and
Political Union
 She was chairman of the NAWSA
Congressional Committee
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(worldhistoryproject.org)
Facts
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By 1910, the battle for women's suffrage had
become a mass movement
1916, NAWSA found itself on the conservative
side of the movement
The opposing groups were organized in the late
1860s, partly as the result of a disagreement over
strategy
(ocp.hul.harvard.edu)
(http://memory.loc.gov)
The 19 Amendment
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The amendment guarantees all American women
the right to vote
Some pursued a strategy of passing suffrage
acts in each state--nine western states adopted
woman suffrage legislation
Others challenged male-only voting laws in the
courts. Militant suffragists used tactics such as
parades, silent vigils, and hunger strikes
almost all of the major suffrage organizations
were united behind the goal of a constitutional
amendment
(http://www.archives.gov)
Focus Question..?
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How much of an impact did the NAWSA
have?
Work Sited Page
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"Votes for Women: Carrie Chapman Catt." American
Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page.
N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2013.
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/cattbio.ht
"Alice Paul Is Born - WorldHistoryProject.org." World
History Project: Discover, Record and Share History
with World History Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.
<http://worldhistoryproject.org/1885/1/11/alice-paul-isborn>.
"Women in the Progressive Era." National Women's
History Museum - NWHM. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.nwhm.org/onlineexhibits/progressiveera/suffrage.html>.
Continue..
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"Her Biography." Welcome to the Ida B. Wells Website.
N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.idabwells.org/index.php?option=com_con
tent&view=article&id=47&It
"Open Collections Program: Women Working, National
American Women's Suffrage Association." Harvard
University Library: Open Collections Program: Home.
N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.
<http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/nawsa.html>.
"Featured Document: The 19th Amendment." National
Archives and Records Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 2
Oct. 2013. <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured
Werner, Emma J.. United States history: modern
America. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice
Hall, 2008. Print.