...Identify at least two (2) major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The women’s suffrage is one of the major historical turning points in the Progressive Era. During this time there were two groups that pushed and furthered the cause of women’s suffrage. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), founded in 1890, and the National Women’s Party (NWP), founded in 1913 and led by Alice Paul (Schultz,2012,pg.341-42). The second major historical turning point in this era I will discuss is the Stock Market Crash of October 1929. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 devastated the economy and was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression. Analyze the impact of the two (2) or more major historical turning points selected on America’s current society, economy, politics, and culture. The Women’s Suffrage movement had a major impact on society, economy, politics, and culture. In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was passed and women won the right to vote (Schultz, 2012, pg.342). The enfranchisement of women was the largest expansion of the voting population in American history, significantly increasing the American electorate. This movement opened many doors for women; they now knew that they had a voice and the right to speak on political issues within the government and allowed them property rights. The stock market crash of 1929 caused fear and panic throughout the country and resulted in the beginning of the Great Depression. All aspects...
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...the American society on what women’s rights were. Stanton was known for her role in founding an organized women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton had the biggest impact on the United States as a whole by her constant efforts to fight for women’s equality by dedicating her life for future women’s rights, and impacted many future leaders to take part in a strong movement just as she did. Elizabeth Cady was born in Johnstown, New York on November 12, 1815 and brought up in a wealthy household. Stanton was raised by her wealthy mother and father who was a state legislature of New York, he also took worked in House of Representatives and also was a member of the...
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...known as Seneca Falls convention was the first woman's rights convention to be held in the United States. This convention led to the launching of the women's suffrage movement which in later decades promised women the right to vote. The first source that provides background on the history of the passage of the 19th amendment is known as a primary source: SENECA FALLS CONVENTION (1848)1. This source is the Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration, a semi-weekly journal that includes recorded documentation from 1848. Within the recorded documentation it discusses the history behind women's...
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...Before women started fighting for themselves, they were just considered to finish domestic tasks and to take care of their children. As time went on and they started creating women's suffrage groups, they were able to increase their part in society. The Women’s Joint Congressional Committee lobbied more aggressively for social welfare legislation. The organization’s efforts resulted in a pension program for poor women with children. It also resulted in the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921, which provided funds for health programs to help women and children. This goes to show that women were able to do more for society as a whole and were able to take care of the poor ones in society, creating higher expectations for women’s role in society. By the early twentieth century, women were able to attend college and to train for professions, even though it was not in the same numbers as men. Women also began to enter male dominated professions such as law and medicine. Also, women initiated many new institutions that serve educational purposes. Overall, The Women's Suffrage movement enabled women to secure their own place in society and get even closer to full equality with men in...
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...women to finally equal as men in terms of the voting system. There were many reason to why women were given the vote, they include: the NUWSS, the WSPU, the Impact of WW1, Changing Society and Events in Other Counties. The suffragists did play a key role in female suffrage but many other factors must be considered to be equally important. The NUWSS, nicknamed the Suffragists, were formed in 1897 and led by Millicent Fawcett. The suffragists were mainly comprised of middle class and very few working class women; they had a member ship of just over 53,000. They used non-violent tactics such as marches, writing letters to the government, holding meeting and giving out free newspaper. These tactics had very little effect on the public as the government didn’t see them as a threat and they didn’t find women’s suffrage as an important issue, so they began to ignore them. Therefore women’s suffrage was gradually going down on the political agenda. The suffragists were realists as they recognised that only parliament could deliver the vote, so MP’s had to be persuaded. In this, they were successful as they got the attention of Labour MP’s Keir Hardie and George Lansbury, this gave the NUWSS someone willing to represent them and speak on their behalf in parliament for the first time ever in the UK. Both MP’s spoke about women’s suffrage in parliament, yet they too achieved very little for the cause. However the NUWSS did achieve something good from their campaigning. The...
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...(Williamson 2). Women’s suffrage was a movement in which women fought for their right to vote during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Because of the women’s suffrage movement the 19th amendment of 1920 was passed, and finally gave women their right to vote. Before the amendment, women were not on the same level of equality as men; women were not able to vote, have the same jobs as men, or own land. Although those are important examples of the inequality between men and women, they are only just a few examples of the injustices that women faced. Women decided to fight for one of...
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...Final Paper Ashford University: HIS 204 American History Since 1865 Jo Macek 11/23/2014 Dating as far back as the early 1800's women’s roles were being challenged and questioned, it was not so much the women’s rights marches of the 60's but it was the beginning of that revolution. A lot of changes happened throughout the U.S. in the nineteenth century changing the lives of all women in all of the levels of society. In the terms of legally and socially women were considered unequal to their male companions. However, due to the efforts of women during the 1800s in challenging their place in society intellectually, socially, economically, and politically proved to be effective. During the early part of the 19th century women’s character was espoused with four basic attributes: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Even foreign visitors to America during this period found fault in American males attitude towards women, they thought males treated women as inferiors and subjected women to double standards. "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law; that is, the very being and legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage." This is according to a 1765 law established by Sir William Blackstone an English barrister, and American law followed this principle thereby the wife "belonged" to the husband. Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. Addams was known for her work...
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...said that this was not allowed, thus the Women’s Suffrage Movement was born. There was a central feeling among most men that women either did not want to vote, or...
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...Ross February 27, 2017 APUSH DBQ In the beginning of the nineteenth century, Americans started to focus on the welfare of minority groups. Women’s suffrage, abolition, and asylum and prison reform became hot topics during the Second Great Awakening, a movement that took place in the early 1800s. The Second Great Awakening was headed by religious leaders who sought out changes in American society through uniting the American people (Doc. B). Due to the Second Great Awakening, reform movements were established between 1825 and 1850 to represent the changes American people sought for in the matters of slavery, suffrage, and asylum and prison reform. Nat Turner’s rebellion, occurring in 1831, changed dynamics of slavery in America....
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...The women’s suffrage movement is significant because it granted women the right to vote and granted them a political citizenship because they could choose a candidate that cares about women’s issues. The Woman's Suffrage Movement took 72 years to achieve and the movement fought for equal voting rights and raised awareness for civil rights and economic equality and it set the bar for women to continue to fight for equal rights. There are more opportunities available to women. More women began attending college and participating in society. Feminist Organizations also played a key role in fighting for social equity, equal access to education and work opportunities. Woman's rights and Feminism were increasing around the world which had a significant...
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...how did this lead to female suffrage? Congratulations to all the British women who are above the age of 30, women who are over 21 and own property or are married to owners. Last week, the Representation of the People Act became law, and nearly 9 million British women and all men aged 21 or above are now allowed to vote. For centuries women have been recognized as inferior to men as they weren’t “strong” or “skilled” enough. But, women believed that they should also have a say in parliament and government decisions by being allowed to vote. Just like men, women have to pay taxes and abide by the law. The fight for female suffrage in Britain began in 1866 when the first campaigns that supported women’s right to vote...
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...& Society Primary Response Paper: Looking Backward 11/4/2013 Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward (2000-1887) When Edward Bellamy wrote his book Looking Backward (1887), he wasn’t trying to be part of the political scene but to merely write a fantasy novel. What came after the publication of his novel was the creation of more than 160 Nationalist-clubs, most notably Clubs that were advocating women suffrage. Edward Bellamy was seen by some as a male feminist who exfoliated the capitalist industrial movement of that time and wanted to paint a picture of a socialist utopia where everything was state owned and equally distributed. His book was not intended to be a blueprint for a political movement. I have to note that I did not read the book but various essays on the book and its impact on women suffrage. I feel that the book was written at a crucial time and although it wasn’t asking questions, it sparked a new way of thinking how society should be run. I believe we are all made equal and that everyone has a role in the development, upkeep and sustainability of society. Edward Bellamy’s had the same idea in mind in terms of equal distribution of labor and benefits. I will discuss what women suffrage is and the impact the book had. Women’s suffrage movement was a key issue in the 19th century around the world. Women were confined to their homes with duties that were given to them by their biology. They were seen as fragile and emotional so their role in society was limited...
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...attitude towards votes for women Male prejudice still existed despite the arguments put forward by women’s groups. A generally held view was that women in the later 19th century were considered to be second class citizens, physically, mentally and morally inferior to men and therefore incapable of voting. It was argued that women and men operated in different ‘spheres’ with their social roles being based on their differing abilities. While men were the protectors of family and the ‘breadwinners’ who had a role to play in government and professional life, woman by contrast, should focus on rearing the children and do ‘good deeds’ in charitable religious and educational work. As was said in a parliamentary debate in 1872, “we regard women as something to admire, to love . . . . she is the silver lining which lights the cloud of man’s existence.” Therefore, for many men there was no place for women in politics. Such attitudes of the majority MPs and working class men in British society delayed women’s suffrage as for it to occur they needed the support of the ‘dominant’ and powerful group in society i.e. Men. Female attitudes towards votes for women Very few women initially supported women’s fight for suffrage. In fact many women were strongly against giving women the vote or any form of education for women or rights. As Sarah Sewell, herself opposed to women’s suffrage said, “profoundly educated women rarely make good wives or mothers.” She continued that such educated...
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...Women in southern history were truly great people. They made a huge impact on traditions, laws, and people's overall perspective of women. From the time of Reconstruction to Second Wave Feminism, the women were considered to be politicians, suffragists, and some would even classify them as heroes to other women in the world. They played major roles in stopping the segregation and discrimination against African American people, helping women gain the right to vote, and helping the men of that era gain progress. The women that were determined to make a change also made an impact on other women that thought there was no chance of women gaining any rights in the United States, including African American women. After women were exposed to such...
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...Running head: WOMEN'S RIGHTS, THE STRUGGLE IS FAR FROM OVER. Women's Rights, The Struggle Is Far From Over. Gerald Lee Ashford University American History Since 1865 HIS204 Gregory Lawson May 13, 2012 Women's Rights, The Struggle Is Far From Over. During the course of history, women have always fought to improve esteem, equivalence, and to have equal rights as men. Nevertheless, this mission has been challenging because of the notion in which men are higher to and have the right to rule over women. This way of life has saturated the societal construction of civilizations all the way through since the creation of man. The free-for-all of women rights was even more problematic for women. Wifehood and parenthood were considered to be the women's most important jobs. In the 20th era, however, women in some countries won the right to vote and improved their educational and job opportunities. Conceivably most significant, they took an enormous step by changing everyone’s thinking of the customary visions of their roles in society. This value has drenched the social structure of societies throughout the world. Even in today’s times, women are still struggling for rights that men take for granted. The struggle of women rights was even more problematic for women of color because not only did they have to deal with issues of sexism. They also had to deal with discrimination. The first known women’s right conference was held in Seneca Falls, New...
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