Woman's Suffrage
The Right for Women to Vote by Kathleen DiCarlo
Background information
Created to demand women equality
Were known to be dependent on men
Started demanding in the 1600's
Called for women fairness in politics, education, and property
Wanted to choose representatives
Many thought they were capable of governing themselves
Movements were opened to both gender
People's Opinions on Woman Suffrage
- Priests: Believed they should be doing housework and taking care of kids
- Politicians: Were scared that women voting would take them out of office
- Socialists: Feared they would vote for only conservative candidates
- Many thought of women as untrustworthy
- Women were not smart or capable enough
Events Leading Up to Protests
- Social conditions of the 1880's-Women received more education and took part in social movements
- The 15th Amendment- Black men could vote (not women)
- Questioned why immigrants could vote but not them
Information about the Protests
- Active protests
- Boycotts
- Organizations ( National Woman's Suffrage Association and American Woman's Suffrage Association )
- Conventions
- Chained themselves to the White House
- Hunger Strikes (not eating as a way of protesting)
- During the late 1800's and early 1900's (For the US)
- Women all over the world demanded equality
Leaders
- Margaret Brent- first to protest, voiced opinions
- Lucretia Mott
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony : creator of National Woman's Suffrage Association
- Lucy Stone : creator of American Woman's Suffrage Association
- Alice Paul : Chained herself to White House to protest
Seneca Falls Convention
- Convention to discuss social, civil, and religious rights
- Created by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Seneca Falls New York
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments (1776)
Effects of Protest
- Many met hostility / violence
- Took decades ( women had to plead male electorate )
- New Zealand (1893): first country to show women equality
- 1910: Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Washington passed law
- Woman's actions during World War II
- 1920: 15 states passed law
- Today: Almost all women can vote
- Protests show woman's passion to equality
- Protests caused people to rethink women
- 19th Amendment: Gave women the right to vote
How did the Participants Demonstrate their Belief System Through the Protests?
- Risked getting arrested and their lives
- They took a stand even when they heard the peoples opinions
- Strong, brave, opinionated, and loyal towards topic
- Confident enough to be in active marches
- They did not care what others thought
Seneca Falls Convention
This is an image to show what the convention was like.
http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/seneca-falls-meeting-1848-granger.jpg
Women Standing Up For Themselves
This is a march that took place that shows women fighting for what they believe in
http://www.borgenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/womens-suffrage.jpg
The Right to Vote
Women stood up for themselves regarding the issue of politics.
http://www.historyhub.us/uploads/2/0/0/3/20030423/8120720_orig.jpg
Women Equality
This is an image of a march many took place in in the 1900's.
http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/images/2007/04/03/era.jpg
Active Protests
This is women's response to the 15th Amendment.