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This slide presentation provides an overview of the women's suffrage movement, including non-violent protests, women organizing marches, and their fight for voting rights. Learn about key leaders, important events, and the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention. Explore the impact of influential figures such as Susan B. Anthony and how their efforts paved the way for women's rights in America.
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Women’s Suffrage:A Quick Slide Presentation of the Women’s Rights Movement
Women & Voting Rights (Suffrage) Women organized marches / Parades to fight for their right to vote. These were non-violent protests. This “parade” is in NY city in 1912.
Women Fighting For Their Rights! Women would gather in polling places to protest their right to vote. This is a typical example of what this would have looked like. Can you read the sign she is carrying?
Women Getting Organized • Women’s Suffrage Headquarters – 1912 - Ohio
Leading Women’s Rights Leaders • Lucretia Mott: Abolitionists and Women’s Rights activist, co-leader of the Seneca Falls Convention • Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Wrote “Declaration of Sentiments” and many other documents, Founder of the National Womens Suffrage Association, co-leader of the Seneca Falls Convention, worked for property rights of married women and equal custody of children • Lucy Stone: Well known spokesperson for the American Anti-Slavery Society, Women’s Rights activist, gifted speaker (she was the first woman in the U.S. to keep her name after getting married) • Susan B. Anthony: Strong organizer for the women’s rights movement, argued equal pay for equal work, was successful in getting laws passed that gave women rights over their property and wages; She also worked for labor reform, education reform, and in the temperance movement. She never married.
Seneca Falls Convention: • In 1840 – Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott • Seneca Falls Convention – 1st public meeting about women’s rights held in the United States! • Happened on July 19th, 1848, Seneca Falls, NY
Declaration of Rights & Sentiments: • This document detailed the beliefs about social injustice toward women • Patterned after the Declaration of Independence. • Women Rights Leader Susan B. Anthony helped organize women for equal pay, control of money & property. • In 1860 – N.Y. gave married women ownership of their wages & property!
Ideas for Bumper Sticker • Slogan – Rock the vote with Susie B. - You gotta fight for your right to vote! • Picture of Susan B. Anthony. • Picture of “Rock the Vote” logo. • Explanation of why I chose the topic that I did (at least 5 complete sentences).
Rock The Vote In Memory of Susan B. ! Because You gotta fight for your right to vote!
Rock The Vote Explanation Susan B. Anthony was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. The right to vote was important for women because it allowed them to have a voice in American Society, and helped change oppressive laws against women. Even though Susan B. Anthony was not able to see the passage of the 19th Amendment in her lifetime, her work was instrumental in helping women gain the right to vote. My bumper sticker reflects how some women may have felt about their right to vote in 1920.