Women's Suffrage
Emily Depietri, Kayla Corbett,
Lance Kamen, and Julia
LaBarbiera
“Facts of the Past”
-Women were unhappy and wanted the right to vote and
have a voice in government
-The demand for the enfranchisement of American women
was first seriously formulated at the Seneca Falls
Convention (1848)
-After the Civil War, agitation by women for the ballot
became increasingly vociferous
-In 1869, 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
“Facts of the Past Continued…”
-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
-In 1890 the two groups united under the name National
American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Slogan
NWSA
-The NWSA stands for National Woman Suffrage
Association
-The NWSA brought woman’s suffrage up to the federal
level to be noticed and actually make change
-They fought for married woman to be able to have property
rights, unions for women workers, and woman being able to
vote in elections
-The American Woman Suffrage Association and the
National Suffrage Association joined together to create the
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
National Woman’s Party
-In
1916, the Congressional Union formed the Woman’s
Party, comprised of the enfranchised members of the
Congressional Union
-The National Woman's Party (NWP) was a women's
organization founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns in 1913
that fought for women's rights during the early 20th century
in the United States, particularly for the right to vote on the
same terms as men
-In 1917, the two organizations formally merged to form the
National Woman’s Party
National Women’s Party
Continued…
-The National Women’s Party would withhold its support
from the existing political parties until women had gained
the right to vote and “punish” those parties in power who
did not support suffrage
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQ8NHABn5o
QUOTE
“ I declare to you that woman must not
depend upon the protection of man, but
must be taught to protect herself, and there I
take my stand.”
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)
-In
1853 Anthony campaigned for Women’s Property rights
in New York
-She gave speeches, started petitions, and traveled to
spread the word
-She went to the National Woman's Rights convention in
1854 to pursue her petitions and get her name known
-In 1856 at the National Woman’s Rights Convention she
was named “The Lily” and “The Woman’s Advocate.”
-In 1869, Anthony and other partner’s formed the National
Woman’s Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)
Continued...
-In 1872 Anthony and her three sisters voted in the
presidential election and were arrested and put on trial.
After they refused to pay the fine they weren’t arrested and
the idea of woman voting was brought to the Supreme
Court’s attention
-The 19th Amendment was named the Susan B. Anthony
Amendment
Quick Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=YjL5FnovS7g
Catt
-Carrie Chapman Catt revitalized the National American
Woman Suffrage Association (NASA)
-Concentrated on women's voting rights
-Focussed on passing the 19th amendment
-She was the finance chairman of the NASA
-President of the NASA succeeding Susan B. Anthony
Burns (Childhood)
-Lucy Burns was born in Brooklyn,
New York on July 28, 1879
-Lucy and her 7 brothers and sisters were
raised Catholic
-Her father was in favor of educating both
boys and girls equally
Burns (Education)
-Burns received her B.A. in English at Vassar College
-Studied etymology (the study of the origin of words
and the way in which their meanings have changed
throughout history) at Yale University and attended the
University of Berlin in Germany
-In 1909, while studying at Oxford College in
Cambridge, England, she joined the Women’s Social
and Political Union to work for the suffrage movement
in Britain
Paul (Childhood)
-Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885, in
Moorestown, NJ
-As Hicksite Quakers, Alice’s parents raised her with
a belief in gender equality and the need to work for the
betterment of society.
-Alice’s father (William Paul) was a successful businessman
-Was the President of Burlington County Trust Company in
Moorestown, NJ, earned a comfortable living
-Hicksite Quakers stressed separation from the materialistic society
and advocated the benefits of staying close to nature
-Paulsdale reflected this idea
-Alice and her siblings likely had domestic and agricultural
responsibilities instilling the values of industry and perseverance;
two lessons critical for her later success
Paul (Education)
-She studied at Swarthmore College in 1905
-Went on to do graduate work in New York City and
England
-While in London from 1906 to 1909, Paul became
politically active and joined the women's suffrage
movement in Britain
-Was arrested on several occasions, serving time in jail and
going on a hunger strike
-She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in
1912, to change other laws that affected women
Burns and Paul
-Burns and Paul met in a police station in London when
both were arrested while protesting at Parliament
-They became fast friends
-Both were members of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association
-They left NAWSA, and In 1913 created the Congressional
Union for Women's Suffrage
-Three years later it became the National Women's Party
Burns and Paul Continued...
-Lucy helped organize political campaigns, was the editor
of the Suffragist
-She demonstrated against President Wilson in front of the
White House
-Spent more time in jail than any other American suffragist
-Burns was a powerful speaker
-Introduced the first Equal Rights Amendment in Congress
(1923)
-In later decades worked on the civil rights bill and fair
employment practices
How our reform movement came
to be:
-On Election Day in 1920, millions of American women
exercised their right to vote for the first time. It took activists
and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the
campaign was not easy: Disagreements over strategy
threatened to cripple the movement more than once. But on
August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution
was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and
declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
14th Amendment
-The 14th amendment was made to grant
citizenship to freed slaves and other African
Americans
-This amendment used the word “male” for the
very first time in the constitution
-Women were upset due to the fact they were
being discriminated based on gender
Presidents
-Woodrow Wilson: Finally agreed to a
suffrage amendment in January 1918
19th Amendment
-Passed by Congress June 4, 1919,
and ratified on August 18, 1920, the
19th amendment guarantees all American
women the right to vote
-Achieving this milestone required a lengthy
and difficult struggle; victory took decades of
agitation and protest
19th Amendment continued...
-Beginning in the mid-19th century, several
generations of woman suffrage supporters
lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and
practiced civil disobedience to achieve what
many Americans considered a radical
change of the Constitution
-Few early supporters lived to see final
victory in 1920
THE OUTCOME OF OUR
REFORM
-Women wanted the right to vote, so they
fought and won eventually but it wasn’t
easy. However, the outcome of all of the
women’s hard work was worth it in the end,
because women continue to earn even more
rights to this day thanks to the Women’s
Suffrage for guiding and fighting for us.
Work Cited
● http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/burns.htm
● http://www.sewallbelmont.org/womenwecelebrate/lucyburns/
● http://www.alicepaul.org/alicepaul.htm
● http://www.biography.com/people/alice-paul-9435021
● http://www.history.com/topics/the-fight-for-womenssuffrage
● http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/history.
htm
● http://www.sewallbelmont.org/learn/national-womansparty/