Women’s Suffrage At Last

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Womens SuffrageAt Last
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I. Suffrage Beginnings
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A. Leaders of the Movement

• 1. Abigail Adams was involved early in the fight
  for womens suffrage before the Declaration was
  even written
• It did not happen and women lost the right to
  vote in most states

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2. Susan B. Anthony1820-1906

• One of the earliest forceful leaders
• Tried to get women included in the 14th 15th
  amendments
• She helped form the National American Women
  Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
• Practiced Civil Disobedience by voting was
  arrested
• The courts upheld the different spheres theory

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3. Carrie Chapman Catt1859-1947

• Led NAWSA from 1900-04 after 1915
• Focused on local fights, state by state
• Many states began allowing women to vote in
  different elections

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4. Alice Paul1885-1977

• Led a NAWSA committee in her 20s until she and
  others left
• More militant leader of National Womens Party
  (1917)
• She focused on passage of a Constitutional
  Amendment

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B. Arguments

• 1. Suffrage is Good!
• Women are citizens too
• Women have no voice without the vote

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2. Anti-Suffrage arguments

• Women were powerful enough without the vote
• It would blur the distinction between the sexes,
  females would become too masculine
• Many were afraid women would rush along
  Prohibition laws.

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II. Final Victory for Women

• WWI saw women fulfilling jobs of men sent to
  fight
• Prohibition passed by the Senate in
  1918ratified in 1919
• 19th (Susan B. Anthony) Amendment is passed in
  1919 ratified in 1920

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• Write 3 level 1 questions and underline the
  answers in your notes.
• Write 1 level 2 question