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The Women's Suffrage Movement

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A snapshot of the world during the year 1917 would show a picture of the world so jumbled and in disarray it would resemble something out of a Where’s Waldo book rather than the natural state of global affairs that was normal before World War One. The world was not only in crisis, but at a turning point in deciding the future of the world order and how democracy and liberty would play a role in the rebuilding of the destroyed nations. Russia had chosen a path of decreased liberty and freedom during its revolution at the time, and the United States was about to join the fight in the name of protecting its own country. However, over time in the war American politicians sought to create a future world order of democracy for all nations of the …show more content…

One such growth would be the victory of the women’s suffrage movement with the passing of the 19th Amendment which allowed women the right to vote. Feminists saw that the federal government was hypocritical in its calls for world democracy and liberty, and jumped at the chance to call the fault out. Iowa State aluma and leading national suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt points out that, “the leadership of the United States in world democracy compels the enfranchisement of its own women,” (Carrie Chapman Catt, suffrage speech to Congress, 1917 - reading set 5). Despite this national victory, there were plenty of setbacks for the American public when it came to liberties and freedoms. During World War One, congress passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts that, “prohibited any criticism of government leaders and war policies,” (Shi and Tindall, p. 1004). The irony was not found, or sought by American politicians who vowed to create a world of freedom and democracy. Civil liberties were also stolen from immigrants over fears of communism and anarchism during the 1920’s with the first red scare. However, all of these slights to liberty pale in comparison to the forced internment of thousands of Japanese-American citizens along the west coast during World War Two. Hiding behind the facade of “military necessity” (Shi and Tindall, p. 1182) Roosevelt conducted one of the largest breaches of civil liberties in American history, all while fighting a war to spread freedom to the globe. These breaches of freedom on American citizens prove to be a stain on the legacy of two great residents who truly sought world peace and freedom, but were not able to achieve it

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Women used many different ways to earn the right to vote in the Women's Suffrage Movement. The first method was parading in the streets. There was a parade with floats and lots of women marching holding signs demanding the right to vote. This method was used to get publicity for their cause. It was reported about in the newspaper.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan Brownell (1820-1906), was a reformer and one of the first leaders of the campaign for women's rights. She helped organize the woman suffrage movement, which worked to get women the right to vote. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts, on Feb. 15, 1820. Her family were Quakers, who believed in the equality of men and women. Anthony's family supported major reforms, such as antislavery and temperance, the campaign to abolish alcoholic beverages.

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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, American society began to focus on the welfare of minority groups. Women’s suffrage and abolition were rooted as deeply as the history of America, but asylum and prison reform sprouted with the Second Great Awakening, a movement that occurred in the early 1800s. The Second Great Awakening was led by religious leaders who advocated for changes in American society through the unity of the American people (Doc. Due to the Second Great Awakening, reform movements were established between 1825 and 1850 in order to represent the changes the people sought for in the issues of slavery, suffrage, and asylum and prison reform. The social aspect of the abolition movement led to the visible democratic changes in society and politics.

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No longer associated with the American Equal Rights Association, Anthony and Stanton used the Revolution as a launching pad for their newly founded National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. Though, it is worthy to note that, Anthony and Stanton lost many members of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association due to their involvement with Train. The National Woman’s Suffrage Association was a New York-based group that worked towards securing a Constitutional Amendment that would give women the right to vote. The first National Woman Suffrage Association president was Stanton and she remained in that position for twenty-one years. The National Woman’s Suffrage Association attracted women that were younger and from western frontier, instead

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The United States didn’t enter the war until 1917 because of their policy of isolationism, but they entered because Germany sunk a British ship that had 128 American passengers on board, Germany sent Mexico a telegram trying to form an alliance, and America had loaned the allied powers lots of money and didn’t want to lose it if they lost. The United States also changed their foreign policy from isolationism to involved in world

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Women used many different methods to earn the right to vote in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. One method women used to earn support is that they organized a parade in Washington, D.C., the same day the president was coming into town so that there was large crowds. Many of the people in the crowd were men who, along with drinking also disagreed with the right for women to vote. They began to yell then even throw objects at the women walking in the parade. Eventually, the police walked away giving the men the opportunity to attack.

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Ironic, considering what the Allies were fighting for in Europe and the Pacific. Years later, the effects of this decision are finally being brought to light, bringing up the question of whether or not individual rights to freedom should ever be sacrificed for the sake of national security. America is the land of the free,

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Why did it take so long for America to allow women’s suffrage during the Progressive Era? Progressives in America did analyze and attempt to solve the unjust and unfair problems that emerged with the increasing number of immigrants, unregulated businesses, urban cities, and economic disparity. There was exploitation of people by the rich and powerful. Even though women contributed behind the scenes during wars and started to represent in work forces, there was still opposition towards their right to vote. At that time, men of the country probably had the notion that women were still not educated enough to be involved in politics.

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If we want to get something great it will take a lot of effort. This is exactly what women did to help get their goal on August 18, 1920. Although many thought they would not win their battle, they did. They made it possible for all women to have the ability to vote. What they accomplished, showed that through willpower and courage, anything can be achieved.

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The Suffragette: The History of the Women’s Militant Suffrage Movement (1911) was written in terms of the situation of suffragettes at the time, a moment in which the suffragettes and their actions were an issue for British politics. It can be seen as a chronology about the progression that the suffragette movement had from the early days of the organization until 1910. Another characteristic of this book is that it is written by a woman closely related to the organization, who could provide a different point of view for the readers to the one that they could possible had about the suffragettes; besides, this book was meant to show the readers the reason behind why those women fought and which were their motives and ideals. It is known

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During Progressive Era, there were many reforms that occurred, such as Child Labor Reform or Pure Food and Drug Act. Women Suffrage Movement was the last remarkable reform. This movement was fighting about the right of women to vote, which was basically about women’s right movement. Many great leaders – Elizabeth Cad Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - formed the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Although those influential leaders faced hardship during this movement, they never gave up and kept trying their best.

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The Progressivist movement lasted from 1900 to 1945 and including multiple movements such as the women’s suffrage movement, the birth control movement, and education reform, to name a few. Some of those who left a legacy include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Dewey, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Gary B. Nash, in the textbook The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, defined progressivism as a “reform movement in the early 20th century centered in the middle class that sought to resolve the problems of industrialization, immigration, and urbanization by using government to help the common people and by promoting order and efficiency” (Nash, G-5). All of these progressivist movements were intended to solve the

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Women’s Suffrage Movement If you had lived in the 1800s, would you have fought for Women’s Rights or would you have decided to be a bystander? Throughout history women have always been ruled by men. At the start of the 1800s, women would have had only one right and that was being a housewife. Although women had no rights, women later raised their voices in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

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Thesis Proposal Title The impact women’s right to vote had on economic growth in the U.S, as women in integrated into the labour force from the 1920’s to the 1990’s. Background Prior to the 1920s, before women got their right to vote in America. They took up in the more subservient role in society, they were not seen as equal to the men.

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