Alesha K. McCarty Title: Summary‚ Reaction‚ and Analysis Paper #1: Iron-Jawed Angels Iron-Jawed Angels is a film which portrays the 1920’s women’s suffrage movement. They led the struggle for the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns along with other strong women petitioned‚ campaigned‚ and picketed to publicize the issue. After being arrested for “traffic violations” a group of women spent time in Occoquan
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10.4 Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Declaration of Sentiments 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted the Declaration of sentiments for women’s rights suffrage at Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ on July 19‚ 1848. (Scholastic) It was based on the Declaration of Independence and described the types if discrimination women faced in America. She presented at the first women’s rights convention. Other women like Lucrettia Mott helped play a major role. There was a list of issues that were “resolved”
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to abolish slavery‚ and to campaign for full citizenship for both blacks and women. Later‚ in 1869‚ the two women formed National Woman Suffrage Association‚ within which Stanton wrote The Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States. Additionally‚ the two women wrote a weekly newsletter‚ The Revolution‚ in New York‚ that argued for equal rights‚ suffrage‚ and pay. Stanton leaves behind a legacy of determination‚ persistence and fearlessness. Due to the radical nature of her ideas‚ often
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freedom of speech. Susan B. Anthony was a very idolized woman who was respected and loved by many. She would go across the country to talk about the social problems for women and how they could be resolved. She became one of the leaders in women suffrage campaigns. “It is not the outside things which make life‚ but the inner‚ the spirit of love‚ which casteth out all devils and bringeth in all angels” (Beeton Beverly‚ Edwards G. Thomas‚ 7). I looked up to this saying of Susan B. Anthony‚ it is so
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The 19th amendment - The 19th amendment was passed on August 18‚ 1920. This amendment gave women the right to vote‚ it made women equal to men in the political eyes. This happened after Tennessee legalized women’s rights as the 35th state. Since‚ it was the 35th state that passed this law making the two-thirds law kick in as majority rules. Women’s rights marches - This was marches that women suffragist did to spread the word about women’s oppressment. The biggest march was in 1913 started by
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The suffrage movement “was clearly dominated by educated‚ white women‚ it became a mass movement in the 1910s when its goals were increasingly shared by working-class and African American women who had their own political agendas…” (Evans) After the vote was
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growth at the time‚ the Panic of 1873 and the Panic of 1893. The south’s economy became tied to cotton and tobacco production. Reformers fought against child labor and for the eight hour working day‚ civil service reform‚ prohibition‚ and women’s suffrage. The Gilded age was the cause to start
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The Progressive Era was a time period in American history during the 1890s to 1920s. This era was a period in which‚ activist stood up for the in just. For example‚ women’s suffrage. The National American Women Suffrage Association fought for equality‚ like women’s right to vote. This was just a time period to where many different organizations stood up for what’s right. They also eliminated corruption in the government. While at the same time‚ they developed antitrust laws‚ to make equal competition
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reform act that added 6 million to the electorate they were still far from universal male suffrage. This would have hindered the socialist movement as it meant that there were many numbers of working class and poverty stricken men who could not vote. This is important‚ as these were the people that the socialist movement would want to appeal to and gain support from. This can be viewed because as male suffrage was improved in the later and early 20th century labour gained votes and became more popular
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The early 1900s were filled with many new social ideas and changes. New faces arose during this time‚ and many new ideas changed the shape of society. Among these were race relations‚ the role of women in society‚ and the ever-heated modernism versus fundamentalism debate. Relationships between races were very sketchy during the early 1900s. Racism was still very strong in the country‚ and ethnic groups settled in an area and created their own little communities. Harlem‚ New York was a black
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