Women’s Suffrage

1. Women’s Suffrage By: Jaci Gordon and Jordan Hampton

2. How Women Achieved Suffrage on a National Level

3. Women’s Rights Movement In 1848, the first women’s rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York. In 1852, an additional women’s rights convention took place in Syracuse, New York, where Susan B. Anthony began to defend her beliefs towards women's rights. In 1878, section 1 of the 19th amendment was proposed as a constitutional amendment. In 1890, Wyoming was admitted as the first state that authorized women their right to suffrage. Within a decade after the state of Wyoming was admitted to the U.S., Utah, Colorado, and Idaho were additionally granted admission to the U.S. allowing women their right to vote. In 1912,the first national political party took place where women’s suffrage was supported. In 1919, the proposed amendment to the Constitution was sent to the states for ratification.

4. 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Section 1: 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.  Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 

5. Nonviolent Demonstrations, and Massive Campaigns *The NAWSA promoted women’s suffrage through campaigns, and massive protests. *Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized many protests, along with Carrie Chapman Catt who introduced women’s suffrage to women across the world.

6. National Women’s Party *The Nation Women’s Party was one of a few Associations promoting women’s suffrage rights. *This organization consisted of many women in favor of the women’s rights movement. *Those who were not in favor, were asked to resign as a member of the association.

7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton *Born on November 12th, 1815 *Died on October 26th, 1902 *Married to Henry Stanton *Active abolitionist Stanton’s primary focus’s: *Voting rights *Property rights *Parental and custody rights *Employment and income rights *Divorce laws *Economic health of family and abortion

8. “The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way." -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

9. Susan B. Anthony *Born on February 15th,1820 *Died March 13th, 1906 *Active abolitionist *C0-founded National Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) with Elizabeth Cady Stanton *In the early years of NWSA, Anthony served as Vice President of the association. *Anthony was the first Woman to be honored on a U.S. coin. *In 1890, Anthony organized the consolidation of the NWSA, with the American Women’s Suffrage Association (AWSA) to form the NAWSA. *Focused primarily on women’s suffrage, rather than women’s rights issue.

10. “Failure is Impossible”-Susan B. Anthony

11. Carrie Chapman Catt *Born on January 9th, 1859 *Died on March 9th, 1947 *Graduated from high school in 1877 *Married to Leo Chapman in 1855 *Forced to resign from her occupation because married women were not allowed to teach. *At age 27, in San Francisco, Carrie worked as a freelance journalist *Carrie was sexually harassed at her work place by a male associate. *In 1887 Carrie joined the Iowa branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union *Delegate and minor speaker of the NAWSA *In 1911, Carrie formed organization across the world focusing on the conditions of women

12. “The world taught women nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know how to think. It forbade her to speak in public and said the sex had no orators. It denied her the schools, and said the sex had no genius. It robbed her of every vestige of responsibility, and then called her weak. It taught her that every pleasure must come as a favor from men and when, to gain it, she decked herself in paint and fine feathers, as she had been taught to do, it called her vain.” -Carrie Chapman Catt

13. National American Woman Suffrage Association

14. Post Ratification of the 19th Amendment *In 1920, more children were attending schools including women. *The newly invented bicycle had changed the way women dressed during the 1920’s. *Women wore bloomers (baddy shorts), instead of the traditional log dress and tight corset.

15. Sources Cited • http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/nineteentham.htm • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Susan_B._Anthony • http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/catt-car.htm