Womens History Month

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Womens History Month

• By Corinne Corrigan

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Women Rulers

• Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry
  VIII.
• She ruled for 45 years, a time called the
  Elizabethan Age.
• She defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.

• Margaret Thatcher was Great Britains first woman
  Prime Minister.
• Her nickname was the Iron Lady.
• She was politically conservative and brought high
  unemployment to Great Britain.

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Womens Words

• The Government must not think that they can stop
  this agitation. It will go on...We are here not
  because we are law-breakers we are here in out
  efforts to become law-makers. Emmeline Pankhurst
  -England, 1908
• This quote refers to the suffragist movement in
  England. Emmeline Pankhurst was saying that the
  government cannot stop the movement. Their
  protests are not intended to break the law, but
  rather to change the law to include them in the
  voting and law-making process.

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Suffragist Movement

• The Suffragist Movement was when women were
  struggling for the right to vote.
• Some people feared that if women were given the
  vote, it would be the end of family life.
• National Womens Suffrage Association and the
  American Woman Suffrage Association were two
  organizations working for womens voting rights.
• A Suffrage Amendment was first introduced in
  1878, but it didnt pass until 40 years later.

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Mary Cassatt

• An American painter from Western Pennsylvania.
• In 1877 Edgar Degas invited her to join the
  Impressionists.
• She was influenced by Japanese art.
• She is recognized as one of the greatest American
  print makers of the 19th century.
• The Bath is one of her most famous paintings.