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CHAPTER 8 SECTION 2 WOMEN MAKE PROGRESS

CHAPTER 8 SECTION 2 WOMEN MAKE PROGRESS. EARLY 1900S MANY WOMEN WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY WOMEN ACTIVISTS HELPED BRING ABOUT PROGRESSIVE REFORMS AND WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE. EDUCATION HELPED WOMEN ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS – COLLEGES FOR WOMEN

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CHAPTER 8 SECTION 2 WOMEN MAKE PROGRESS

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  1. CHAPTER 8 SECTION 2 WOMEN MAKE PROGRESS

  2. EARLY 1900S MANY • WOMEN WANTED TO • EXPAND THEIR ROLE IN • SOCIETY • WOMEN ACTIVISTS • HELPED BRING ABOUT • PROGRESSIVE • REFORMS AND WON • THE RIGHT TO VOTE

  3. EDUCATION HELPED • WOMEN ACHIEVE THEIR • GOALS • – COLLEGES FOR WOMEN • LIKE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE • AND THE SCHOOL OF • SOCIAL WORK TRAINED • WOMEN TO LEAD NEW • ORGANIZATIONS WORKING • FOR SOCIAL REFORM

  4. BECAUSE OF • EDUCATION AND • MODERN IDEAS MANY • MIDDLE CLASS WHITE • WOMEN BEGAN TO • TACKLE PROBLEMS • THEY SAW IN • SOCIETY

  5. WORKING WOMEN • MOST WOMEN WORKED • DIFFICULT JOBS WITH LONG • HOURS AND DANGEROUS • CONDITIONS AND WERE • EXPECTED TO TURN OVER • THEIR EARNINGS TO THE • MAN IN HER LIFE • MANY WOMEN WORKED IN • FACTORIES OR AS • LAUNDRESSES OR SERVANTS • – MOST WERE IMMIGRANTS, • AFRICAN AMERICANS OR • FROM RURAL AREAS WITH • LITTLE EDUCATION

  6. BECAUSE THEY HAD • LITTLE EDUCATION • MANY EMPLOYERS • WERE ABLE TO CHEAT • THEM OR BULLY THEM • WITHOUT THE RIGHT • TO VOTE WOMEN HAD • LITTLE INFLUENCE ON • POLITICIANS THAT • COULD HELP EXPAND • THEIR RIGHTS

  7. REFORMERS WORKING FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS • REFORMERS WANTED TO LIMIT • THE NUMBER OF HOURS • WOMEN WORKED • MULLER V. OREGON • – SUPREME COURT CASE • REVIEWED AN OREGON LAW • THAT LIMITED WOMEN’S WORK • DAY TO TEN HOURS • – ARGUED BY LOUIS BRANDEIS • – HE BELIEVED LONG WORKING • HOURS WAS HARMFUL TO • WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES • – THE SUPREME COURT AGREED

  8. LAWS COULD LIMIT THE • NUMBER OF HOURS • WOMEN WORKED • – SIMILAR LAWS WERE • NOT ALLOWED FOR • MEN • – PROGRESSIVES • THOUGHT THIS WAS • GREATFOR WOMEN • – OTHER SIDE OF THIS • WAS IT WAS USED TO • JUSTIFY PAYING • WOMEN LESS THAN • MEN

  9. FLORENCE KELLY • BELIEVED WOMEN WERE • HURT BY THE UNFAIR • PRICES OF GOODS THEY • HAD TO BUY TO RUN THEIR • HOMES

  10. 1899 – SHE HELPED FOUND THE NATIONAL CONSUMER LEAGUE (NCL) WHICH: • GAVE SPECIAL LABELS TO GOODS PRODUCED UNDER FAIR, SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS AND URGED WOMEN TO BUY THEM AND AVOID PRODUCTS THAT DID NOT HAVE THIS LABEL • BACKED LAWS CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INSPECT MEATPACKING PLANTS • BACKED LAWS TO MAKE WORKPLACES SAFER • BACKED LAWS TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO THE UNEMPLOYED

  11. KELLY ALSO HELPED TO FORM THE • WOMEN’S TRADE UNION LEAGUE • (WTUL) TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS • FOR FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS • – LEADERS WERE BOTH UPPER • CLASS AND WORKING CLASS • THE WTUL: • PUSHED FOR FEDERAL LAWS • THAT SET A MINIMUM WAGE AND • EIGHT HOUR WORK DAY • CREATED THE FIRST WORKERS’ • STRIKE FUND THAT WAS USED TO • HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO • REFUSED TO WORK IN UNSAFE OR • UFAIR CONDITIONS

  12. CHANGES IN FAMILY LIFE • PROGRESSIVES • WANTED TO IMPROVE • FAMILY LIFE • – PUSHED FOR LAWS • THAT COULD HELP • MOTHERS KEEP • FAMILIES HEALTHY • AND SAFE

  13. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT • – WAS LED BY THE WOMEN’S • TEMPERANCE CHRISTIAN • MOVEMENT • – PROMOTED THE PRACTICE OF • NEVER DRINKINGALCOHOL • – MEMBERS FELT IT LED MEN TO • SPEND THEIR MONEYON • LIQUOR WHICH LED TO THE • NEGLECT AND ABUSEOF • THEIR FAMILIES

  14. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT • LED TO THE PASSAGE OF • THE 18TH AMENDMENT • WHICH OUTLAWED THE • PRODUCTION AND SALE • OF ALCOHOL

  15. MARGARET SANGER • THOUGHT THAT FAMILY • LIFE AND WOMEN’S • HEALTH WOULD IMPROVE • IF MOTHERS HAD FEWER • CHILDREN

  16. MARGARET SANGER • OPENED THE NATION’S • FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC • – WAS ARRESTED SEVERAL • TIMES AND CONSIDERED A • PUBLIC NUISANCE

  17. MARGARET SANGER • 1921 SHE FOUNDED • THE AMERICAN BIRTH • CONTROL LEAGUE TO • MAKE THIS INFORMATIN • AVAILABLE TO MORE • WOMEN

  18. IDA WELLS • HELPED FORM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN (NACW) WHICH: • HELPED FAMILIES STRIVE FOR SUCCESS • AND TO ASSIST THOSE WHO WERE LESS FORTUNATE • SET UP DAY-CARE CENTERS TO PROTECT • AND EDUCATE BLACK CHILDREN WHILE THEIR PARENTS WORKED

  19. RIGHT TO VOTE • BIGGEST GOAL OF PROGRESSIVE WOMEN WAS • FOR SUFFRAGE – THE RIGHT TO VOTE • – THEY BELIEVED IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO • MAKESURE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD: • 1. PROTECT CHILDREN • 2.FOSTER EDUCATION • 3. SUPPORT FAMILY LIFE

  20. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT • URGED WOMEN TO JOIN • THE NATIONAL AMERICAN • WOMAM SUFFRAGE • ASSOCIATION (NAWSA) • – IN WHICH SHE WAS THE • PRESIDENT

  21. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT • INTRODUCED A SOCIETY • PLAN TO RECRUIT • WEALTHY, WILL EDUCATED • WOMEN AND THOSE FROM • ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY • INCLUDING AFRICAN • AMERICANS, MEXICAN • AMERICANS AND JEWISH • IMMIGRANTS • – CALLED SUFFRAGETTES • – TO PROMOTE SUFFRAGE • IN THEIR AREAS

  22. SOME WOMEN WORKED AGAINST SUFFRAGE: • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE • (NAOWS) • – BELIEVED THE EFFORT TO WIN THE VOTE WOULD TAKE • WOMEN’S ATTENTION AWAY FROM FAMILY AND • VOLUNTEER WORK THAT WOULD BENEFIT SOCIETY

  23. ALICE PAUL • BELIEVED DRASTIC • STEPS WERE NEEDED • TO WIN THE VOTE • - ORGANIZED WOMEN • TO RECUIT OTHERS • ACROSS THE NATION

  24. ALICE PAUL • FORMED THE NATIONAL WOMAN’S PARTY (NWP) • WHICH: • 1. USED PUBLIC PROTEST MARCHES • 2. BECAME THE FIRST GROUP TO MARCH WITH PICKET • SIGNS OUTHISE THE WHITE HOUSE • HUNDREDS WERE ARRESTED AND SOME WENT ON • HUNGER STRIKES UNTIL THEY WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT • TO VOTE (PAGE 225) • THE NWP ANGERED MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING OTHER • SUFFRAGE GROUPS • – THEY HELPED WITH THE RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE • THEY MADE OTHER SUFFRAGE GROUPS LOOK GOOD • IN COMPARISON • – THE NWP WAS MORE RADICAL THAN OTHER GROUPS

  25. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT • 1917 – CARRI CATT • AND FLORENCE KELLEY • LED THE NAWSA TO • SUPPORT THE WAR • EFFORT • – ALONG WITH THE NWP • THEIR EFFORTS LED • TO LEGISLATORS TO • SUPPORT THE AN • AMENDMENT FOR • WOMEN SUFFRAGE

  26. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT • JUNE 1919 • – CONGRESS APPROVED • THE NINETEENTH • AMENDMENT • – WHICH STATED THAT • THE RIGHT TO VOTE • “SHALL NOT BE DENIED • OR ABRIDGED ON • ACCOUNT OF SEX”

  27. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT • AUGUST 18, 1920 • THE TENNESSEE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE AMENDMENT BY ONE VOTE • – MAKING THE AMENDMENT OFFICIAL

  28. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT • ALICE PAUL AND CARRIE CATT • BOTH CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE • RATIFICATION OF THE AMENDMENT • BOTH GROUPS WERE RESPONSIBLE • FOR THE RATIFICATION

  29. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT • NOVEMBER 2, 1920 • MILLIONS OF AMERICAN • WOMEN VOTED FOR THE FIRST • TIME IN A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL • ELECTION

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