Women Suffrage

1848-1920

Develop a response to each assigned learning objective (LO) after reviewing the provided video and notes. Each LO should produce a 1-3 paragraphs (a paragraph is generally 5-6 sentences)

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Introduction:

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The woman suffrage movement actually began in 1848, when a women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. The Seneca Falls meeting was not the first in support of women’s rights, but suffragists later viewed it as the meeting that launched the suffrage movement. For the next 50 years, woman suffrage supporters worked to educate the public about the validity of woman suffrage. Under the leadership of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other women’s rights pioneers, suffragists circulated petitions and lobbied Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women.

At the turn of the century, women reformers in the club movement and in the settlement house movement wanted to pass reform legislation. However, many politicians were unwilling to listen to a disenfranchised group. Thus, over time women began to realize that in order to achieve reform, they needed to win the right to vote. For these reasons, at the turn of the century, the woman suffrage movement became a mass movement.

In the 20th century leadership of the suffrage movement passed to two organizations. The first, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt, was a moderate organization. The NAWSA undertook campaigns to enfranchise women in individual states, and simultaneously lobbied President Wilson and Congress to pass a woman suffrage Constitutional Amendment. In the 1910s, NAWSA’s membership numbered in the millions.

The second group, the National Woman’s Party (NWP), under the leadership of Alice Paul, was a more militant organization. The NWP undertook radical actions, including picketing the White House, in order to convince Wilson and Congress to pass a woman suffrage amendment.

In 1920, due to the combined efforts of the NAWSA and the NWP, the 19th Amendment, enfranchising women, was finally ratified. This victory is considered the most significant achievement of women in the Progressive Era. It was the single largest extension of democratic voting rights in our nation’s history, and it was achieved peacefully, through democratic processes.

I. Learning Objective One: Identify when, where, and by whom did the women's suffrage movement begin. Explain the reaction to the initial movement. What did a certain suffragist thinks about such negative reactions?

(At least one paragraph)

II. Learning Objective Two: Why were so many of the leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement also involved with the Abolitionist Movement? Why did the Women's Suffrage Movement split? What were the results?

(At least one paragraph)

III Learning Objective Three: Why was Susan B. Anthony arrested? Describe Anthony's trial. What was she hoping to achieve with her trail. What was NAWSA? Describe NAWSA. . What was achieved Dec 10, 1869 and why was it achieved?

(At least one paragraph)

“The United States of America vs. Susan B. Anthony” performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

IV. Learning Objective Four: How and why did the West become a likely place for Women's Suffrage to become guaranteed. Discuss the specific leaders, organizations, and strategy during the -Western Campaign of 1893.

(At least one paragraph)

V. Learning Objective Five: Describe the opposition to Women's Suffrage in its various forms. Why had Elizabeth Cady Stanton become skeptical of the suffrage movement; what made her too controversial for the movement? Explain the racial tensions that existed within the movement. How did the Progressive Era influence the movement? Who was Harriet Blanch and how did she transform the movement?

(At least one paragraph)

VI: After watching the film Iron Jawed Angles (You will need to create an an account on Swank (free of charge for all STC students):

Explain the contributions of Alice Paul’s leadership from 1912-1920. Explain the tactics and strategies she and other suffragists employed under Paul’s leadership. Identify who opposed Paul’s leadership and explain why there was opposition within the women’s suffrage movement. Identity arguments from anti-suffragists. Explain what ultimately led to the 19th amendment becoming part of the US Constitution.

(at least three paragraphs)

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