fight for women’s suffrage in the United States‚ which predates Jeannette Rankin’s entry into Congress by nearly 70 years‚ grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. That reform effort evolved during the 19th century‚ initially emphasizing a broad spectrum of goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. Women’s suffrage leaders‚ moreover‚ often disagreed about the tactics for and the emphasis (federal versus state) of their reform efforts. Ultimately‚ the suffrage movement provided
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training that stressed a Christian duty to help those less fortunate and devote time to reform efforts. 2. Wide variety of reform efforts- problems ranging from political corruption‚ trusts‚ taxation‚ railroad rates‚ working conditions‚ women suffrage‚ civil rights for African American and pro- habitation. These issues attracted diverse supporters who were not always in agreement with each other. 3. The need for people to take action- reformers call for social activism. People needed to get
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Which of the following was not a liberal gain confirmed by Napolean Bonaparte? centralized system of secondary schools and universities religious freedom legal equality for men new law codes universal manhood suffrage The radical phase of the French Revolution led to all of the following except execution of the king. extension of the revolution to warfare in the Low Countries‚ Italy‚ and Germany. a full-scale attack on private
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laugh‚ the women look abashed"). According to Lizbeth Goodman "Trifles was written at the end of the American suffrage movement‚ but is not itself a ’suffrage play ’‚ in that is not overtly concerned with women ’s right to vote. The play and Glaspell ’s choice of themes‚ issues and style can‚ however‚ be seen to have influenced in part by the dramatic developments of the suffrage era. They play deals with the major theme of communication between the sexes; it asks the audience to recognize
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Some women thought that the suffrage movement was unnecessary and too inconvenient to be dealt with right now‚ because American was in the largest war in its history (WWI). Men were off at war and women thought that America had a full plate and that suffragists were just causing problems
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antifeminist prejudices. An example of this was at the London Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840. The right of women to take part was debated bitterly‚ as international clergymen said‚ “equal status for women was contrary to the will of God” (Woman Suffrage 2017‚ Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). Eventually two American feminists‚ Lucretia Coffin Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ were shielded from view and denied the right to speak behind a curtain. Because of multiple instances like this‚
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social justice. She points out that Link failed to mention how feminist involved in the suffrage movement or others more broadly involved in social reform did. The author goes on saying that Link failed to ask the right question as far as feminism was concern during the women’s movement. The more sensible question that the author suggested was what had happened to feminism during the decades after achieving the suffrage in this country. It seems hard to see that women could be ignored when daily news was
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women should have the same legal opportunities. Also‚ they believed that gender should not determine a person’s occupation or pay. The Equal Rights Amendment started out as a proposed amendment. This amendment was introduced to congress in 1923 (Suffrage). It was not until about fifty years later‚ however‚ that the amendment was approved by the Senate. Following the Senate’s approval‚ the amendment was sent to the states to be ratified. The amendment ultimately read that sex should not determine
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leaders of the organization. The WSPU was the most notorious of all the suffrage movements; splitting from the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies after becoming disheartened by the groups lack of success in gaining votes for women. The WSPU used militant tactics to try and help gain women the vote adopting the slogan ’Deeds not Words’; the NUWSS tried more constitutional peaceful methods in their fight for suffrage. The NUWSS was formed in 1893‚ Millicent Garrett Fawcett was the organizations
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Tuesday the 6th of March my class attended the Women Suffrage Movement Symposium that was held on campus of the College of The Bahamas in the Performance Art’s Center. This event was sponsored by ZNS and planned by the chairman of this movement‚ Mr. Priss Curry‚ under the theme of “Commemorating the Past‚ Reflecting on the Present‚ Envisioning the Future: 1962 and Beyond”. There were numerous infamous faces such as Mrs. Mable Walker on of the suffrages‚ Andrew Maynard the son of Georgiana Symonette‚
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