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Iron-Jawed Angels. HBO Films US History II. The Suffrage Movement. 1848: First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY Pushed the idea of Suffrage Women's Right to Vote. Susan B. Anthony. Most famous Women’s Suffragist Created National Women’s Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) in 1869
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Iron-Jawed Angels HBO Films US History II
The Suffrage Movement • 1848: First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY • Pushed the idea of Suffrage • Women's Right to Vote
Susan B. Anthony • Most famous Women’s Suffragist • Created National Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1869 • Fought for Voting Rights, Equal Pay, Temperance, and Education for Women and Blacks
Challenges to Suffrage • Women suffragists were accused of being unfeminine and immoral • Some were physically attacked • Suffragists disagreed on how to achieve the vote • Constitutional Amendment (All at Once) or State by State Approach (Slower) • Dispute split/weakened the movement
Carrie Chapman Catt • Replaced Susan B. Anthony as the President of NAWSA • Believed in the State by State approach to granting Women Suffrage • Felt Constitutional Amendment was not possible as neither party (Rep. or Dem.) endorsed it
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns • Young members of NWSA who took more activist approach to gaining Suffrage • Had helped women gain suffrage in England where protests and riots were common • Felt that pushing for Amendment would be faster and more effective way to achieve Suffrage • Eventually broke from NAWSA and formed NWP (National Womens Party)
Other Characters • Inez Millholland: Social Activist and Lawyer, main speaker of the Suffrage Movement
Other Characters • RuzaWenclawska: Polish Immigrant had worked in factories since age 11, joined NWP
Other Characters • Emily Leighton: Senators wife who becomes involved in Suffrage Movement