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Expansion Of Woman's Rights

Expansion Of Woman's Rights. Period 5 Mr. Bunch Ortiz, Monica Sanchez, Silvia . Mass Movement to limit alcohol consumption or completely try to ban it Alcohol was blamed for society’s problems Temperance organizations

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Expansion Of Woman's Rights

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  1. Expansion Of Woman's Rights Period 5 Mr. Bunch Ortiz, Monica Sanchez, Silvia

  2. Mass Movement to limit alcohol consumption or completely try to ban it • Alcohol was blamed for society’s problems • Temperance organizations • December 18th, 1917- 18th Amendment which prohibited alcohol nation wide • Husbands would drink and beat their wives and would get away with it because it was their duty to keep their wives “in check” Temperance Movement (www.u-s-history.com)

  3. Florence Kelley September 12, 1859-Febraury 17 • American social and political reformer • Speaks against child labor • Kelley fought to make it illegal for children under the age of 14 to work and to limit the hours of children under 16. • Worked hard to force American Industry to adopt humane conditions • Founder of the NAACP Woman's Rights Activists (www.thelizlibrary.org)

  4. Ida B. Wells • was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, and sociologist • Documented lynching in the U.S, which was where they exposed how there was always a way to control or punish blacks who competed against whites • Established several women’s organizations • Helped to end lynching • Pioneer in the Civil rights’ movement Woman's Rights Activists (www.wikipedia.org)

  5. Margaret Sangar September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966 • American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse • In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. • Was arrested for distributing information on contraception Woman's Rights Activists (www.wikipedia.org)

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