In these nonviolent protests‚ women known as “silent sentinels” stood at the gates of the White House holding banners. The idea was that President Wilson could not leave or enter the White House without seeing the suffragists (Adams). Harriot Stanton Blatch was placed in charge of the picketing‚ but unlike Paul‚ she believed that violent tactics would be necessary. Paul continued to argue for her Quaker tradition of nonviolence arguing for nonviolent visual rhetoric
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In 1848‚ in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ the fight for women’s voting rights began when two women‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony wanted to expand women’s rights and opportunities. They wanted to make women self-sufficient and equal with men. They were unaware that an organized meeting by wives and mothers about the rights of women would make history. This would be the beginning of a long hard struggle for the rights of women and the battle would span over a time of 70 years. Elizabeth
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The suffragists also wished to reform marriage and property laws to allow married and unmarried women to vote. This original movement did not have a focus on universal voting rights. Fawcett and her followers worked for nearly 50 years with little success‚ which
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characters that support the role of promoting and achieving women’s rights throughout this movie; however three characters take precedent in being organizational leaders in the women’s movement. Alice Paul (January 11‚ 1885 to July 9‚ 1977)‚ an American suffragist leader and an American feminist who risked her life to fight for women’s citizenship and the right to vote. Alice Paul joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was appointed Chairwoman of their Congressional Committee in Washington
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particular women who worked tirelessly throughout their lives to obtain the right for women to vote‚ and they became some of the most important catalysts involved in the fight for the women’s suffrage from 1848 to 1920. Alice Paul was an American suffragist‚ women’s rights activist‚ and the main leader of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment which was ratified in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were earlier social reformers and women’s rights activists who formed a lifelong partnership
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believed “that there are virtues that are peculiarly masculine and others that are peculiarly feminine. From westward expansion to the industrial revolution women have played a key role and at times were not as valued as their male counterparts. The suffragist movement was the beginning of the women in America finding her voice and declaring she should have a political voice that should be heard and counted. World War II also helped to change the role of women. An increase of women in the workforce in
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created among women’s activists over the proposed fifteenth Amendment‚ which gave the vote to African American men. Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and others declined to embrace the revision since it didn’t give ladies the vote. Different suffragists‚ including Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe‚ contended that once the African American man was emancipated‚ ladies would accomplish their objective. As a consequence of the contention‚ two associations developed. Stanton and Anthony shaped the National
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health. Ten years after his death‚ Carrie C. Catt was drafted to serve as the president of NAWSA again. At that time‚ NAWSA was very divided due to the leadership of Alice Paul‚ who believed in more militant protests. Under Alice Paul’s leadership‚ suffragists began picketing outside of the White House. Catt did not agree with the form of protest‚ and later on Alice Paul left NAWSA and formed the Woman’s Party in 1916
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however‚ a rift developed among feminists over the proposed 15th Amendment‚ which gave the vote to black men. Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and others refused to endorse the amendment because it did not give women the ballot. Other suffragists‚ however‚ including Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe‚ argued that once the black man was enfranchised‚ women would achieve their goal. As a result of the conflict‚ two organizations emerged. Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
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female vote in the electoral register would extend the franchise. The main idea is that they proved their worth by contributing relentlessly through work during the First World War when the men were away fighting. Others believe it was the work of Suffragists and Suffragettes which helped the cause. However‚ the work done by women during the First World War is believed to be what caught the most attention and proved that they were just as reliable as men. Women became actively involved in a wide variety
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