Women’s Suffrage

Section 4

Preparing the Way

Susan B. Anthony

• Arrested in 1872 for act of civil disobedience as she tried to vote

• Strategist and organizer• Led women to vote in Rochester New York.–Arrested for the act of Civil Disobedience

Elizabeth Stanton

• Began newspaper, “The Revolution”. It was for women’s rights to vote.

• Together they founded the American Equal Rights Association and began publication of the newspaper, The Revolution.

Strategies for VotingSuffragists followed 2 paths toward goal

Constitutional Amendment• 1st Needed 2/3 of congress

for amend the constitution

• Next it needed to be ratified by ¾ of state legislators

• Most common form of amending the constitution

Individual States• 2nd goal was to get

individual states to give women suffrage

Suffrage at the Turn of the Century

• National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)– Organization formed in 1980 to continue the

pursuit of women’s rights, especially the right to vote.

– Women had right to buy, sell, and will property.

New Generation

Carrie Catt• Head of NAWSA from 1900

– 1904• National American

Women’s Suffrage Association

Alice Paul• Organized a parade of over

5,000 people in D.C for women’s rights to vote

WWI

• U.S enters WWI in 1917

• Women filled in jobs left by men

• This showed women could do a man’s job

Suffrage!

• 1920 the 19th amendment is passed giving women the right to vote

• Tennessee was the 36th state which was necessary for the amendment to pass

• Last major reform of the Progressive Era

• Identify the goals, strategies, and tactics of two of the suffrage leaders described in this section. Which leader or group do you think was most effective? Why?

• Write a paragraph expressing your opinion.