Women, 88th anniversary of the 19th Amendment
What’s the story?
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On August 26th, it will be 88 years since
the 19th amendment was ratified, giving
women the vote.
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Hillary Clinton is speaking on Day 2 of the
convention – on the day of the 88th
anniversary
So…
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What has changed for women?
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What would surprise our viewers about
women then and now?
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What’s the likelihood of us one day having
a woman president?
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Women, did you know…?
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The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote
was not ratified until 1920 - 50 years after the 15th
Amendment gave all American men, regardless of
race, creed or color the right to vote
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In Colorado, because women had been given the
right to vote in 1893, ahead of the rest of the country,
there were voting women delegates at both the
Democratic and Republican conventions
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New Zealand was the first country to grant women
the right to vote
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The average lifespan was 40 in the 1800s; suffrage
leader Susan B. Anthony, an avid cyclist, lived to 86
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A woman suffrage amendment was first introduced
in Congress in 1878. It failed to pass but was
reintroduced in every session of Congress for the
next 40 years.
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Jeanette Rankin, R-Mont., was the first woman
elected to Congress, in 1916, four years before the
19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
(women could already vote in Montana).
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Women’s suffrage, Timeline
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July 1848, first women's rights convention met in
Seneca Falls, NY - over 100 people attended
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1870: 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was
passed, enfranchising all Americans regardless of
race, creed, or color - but not gender
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1872: Susan B. Anthony and 12 friends went to polls
in Rochester, N.Y., and persuaded election
inspectors to let them register and vote. Two weeks
after the election the 13 women and 3 of the election
inspectors were arrested.
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1890: National American Woman Suffrage
Association was formed
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Largely as a result of agitation by the association,
suffrage was granted in the states of Colorado
(1893), Utah and Idaho (1896), and Washington
(1910)
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California granted women the vote in 1911; Kansas,
Oregon, and Arizona followed in 1912; Nevada and
Montana in 1914; and New York in 1917
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Women’s suffrage, Timeline
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1918: House of Representatives held another
vote. The House approved the amendment, but
the Senate defeated it
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1919: Congress finally approved the 19th
Amendment which provided that "The right of
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex."
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Aug. 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment was
ratified
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1971: Congress designated August 26 as
“Women’s Equality Day” to commemorate the
19th Amendment to the Constitution
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2008: 160th Anniversary of the Women's Rights
Movement which was launched at the world's
first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca
Falls, NY (1848) and the 88th anniversary of the
19th Amendment
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Women, achievements then and now…
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Lucy Brewer First woman marine 1812
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Elizabeth Blackwell First woman to receive a medical degree 1849
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202,000 Total number of active duty women in the military, as of Sept. 30, 2006.
15% Proportion of members of the armed forces who were women, as of Sept. 30, 2006. In 1950, women comprised
less than 2 percent
1.7 million The number of military veterans who are women
894,000 The projected number of bachelor’s degrees that will be awarded to women in the 2007-08 school year,
Women would, therefore, earn 59 percent of the bachelor’s and 61 percent of the master’s degrees
Women earn a majority (52 percent) of first-professional degrees, such as law and medical.
11 million women work in the health care industry
26.8 million Number of women 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more education in 2006, more than double
the number 20 years earlier.
27% Percent of women 25 and older who had obtained a bachelor’s degree or more as of 2006.
Victoria Chaflin Woodhull First woman to be presidential candidate 1872
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Two women put themselves forward for the Presidency in the Nineteenth Century.
Between 1964 and 2004 over fifty women were on at least one ballot as candidates for President, both as minor
party candidates and as candidates in primaries for the nomination of the Republican or Democratic parties.
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Women, achievements then and now
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Suzanna Madora Salter First woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas) 1887
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Jeannette Rankin First woman in Congress 1916
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29 women have served as governors, with 9 serving simultaneously in 2007
Frances Perkins First woman admitted to a presidential cabinet 1933
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37% Percent of females 16 or older who work in management, professional and related occupations
Hallie Ferguson First woman governor of U. S. state (Texas) 1924
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Women hold 88, or 16.4%, of the 535 seats in the 110th US Congress — 16, or 16.0%, of the 100 seats in the Senate and 72, or 16.6%, of the
435 seats in the House of Representatives.
Kate Gleason First woman president of a national bank 1917
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187 mayors, or 15.7%, were women in 2008
A total of 33 women have held cabinet or cabinet-level appointments in the history of our nation. Of the 33, 23 had cabinet posts
Madeleine K. Albright First woman Secretary of State and highest ranking woman in the U.S.
government 1997
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Condoleezza Rice First African-American woman to be appointed Secretary of State 2005 (and the second woman)
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Nancy Pelosi First woman to become Speaker of the House 2007
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Hillary Rodham Clinton First former First Lady presidential candidate 2008
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Before 1970, more than 40 percent of the women in Congress gained office by succeeding their dead husbands
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Women, the suffragist legacy, 88 years on
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"You know what? I am actually not that much
into voting. I think it’s kinda crazy that a
woman is running, because I think that
women deal with a lot of emotions and
menopause and PMS and stuff. Like, I’m so
moody all the time, I know I couldn’t be able
to run a country, ‘cause I’d be crying one day
and yelling at people the next day, ya
know?“, Brooke Hogan, when asked who
she's voting for by a potential roommate on
her series Brooke Knows Best, Jul. 21, 2008
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Women have cast between 4 & 7 million more
votes than men in recent elections
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8.8 Million more women than men voted in 2004
elections
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The number of female voters has exceeded the
number of male voters in every presidential
election since 1964
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In every presidential election since 1980, the
proportion of eligible female adults who voted
has exceeded the proportion of eligible male
adults who voted
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74 percent of women and 71 percent of men
were registered to vote in the 2004 presidential
election
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Women, will we ever see a female president?
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In 1972, 26% of men and women said they would not vote for a woman for
president
In 1996, just over 5% for women and 8% of men said they would not vote for a
woman for president
In 2007, 7% said they would not vote for a woman for president at all (12% said
not now but maybe in the future)
In 1998, 51 % of Americans thought the US was ready to elect a woman
president - 56% agreed in 2005, and 60% in 2007
In 2008, 28% thought being a woman was the biggest challenge to becoming
president
In 2008, 30% of women, 25% of men agreed that being a woman was the biggest
challenge to becoming president
In 2007, 36 % would vote for a woman as president but not for Hillary Clinton
In 2008, 29% agree it’s more difficult for women than African-Americans to get
ahead in today’s world (and 34% of women agree)
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