Women’s Suffrage Movement …my husband is voting today! …I wish we could vote.

Women’s Suffrage Women’s Suffrage MovementMovement

…my husband

is voting today!…I wish we

could vote.

What does What does suffragesuffrage mean?mean?

SuffrageSuffrage = = Voting RightsVoting Rights

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►When the United When the United States States Constitution was Constitution was written, written, only only white menwhite men had had the right to vote.the right to vote.

►Women could Women could not vote.not vote.

►Women could Women could not- own not- own property or have property or have certain jobs.certain jobs.

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•Women’s suffrage (voting Women’s suffrage (voting rights) became an organized rights) became an organized movement in movement in 18481848 at a at a convention in New York.convention in New York.

Let me Vote!

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AmendmentAmendment- addition, changes, or - addition, changes, or corrections to a constitution. Ex:…corrections to a constitution. Ex:…

►1515thth Amendment : gave voting Amendment : gave voting rights to all men.rights to all men.

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Are they

=…?=…?

It would take

72 years before U.S. laws would

be changed.

• Movement started in 1848.

• Women given voting rights in 1920.

Famous Woman’s Suffragist

Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated)

• Leader in women’s rights.

Ever see her face

on $$

Jane McCallumJane McCallum

Women’s Women’s suffragist suffragist leader.leader.

Worked with the Worked with the League of Women League of Women Voters of Texas.Voters of Texas.

Texas Secretary of Texas Secretary of State State 1927-19331927-1933..

Many people didn’t Many people didn’t want women to want women to

have the right to have the right to vote. Why?vote. Why?

Anti Anti - Suffrage- Suffrage

There were There were groups groups trying to trying to stop women stop women from getting from getting their rights.their rights.

AgainstAgainst

These pamphlets were often passed out.

What are

What are

they trying

they trying

to say?to say?

What What else else

does it does it say?say?

What else did the pamphlet What else did the pamphlet say?say?► BECAUSE 90% of the women either do not BECAUSE 90% of the women either do not

want it, or want it, or do not caredo not care..► BECAUSE it means BECAUSE it means competitioncompetition of women of women

with men instead of with men instead of cooperationcooperation..► BECAUSE 86% of the women eligible to BECAUSE 86% of the women eligible to

vote are married and can only double or vote are married and can only double or annulannul their husband’s votes. their husband’s votes.

► BECAUSE it can be of no benefit BECAUSE it can be of no benefit commensurate with the additional commensurate with the additional expense involved.expense involved.

► BECAUSE in some States more voting BECAUSE in some States more voting women than voting men will place the women than voting men will place the Government under petticoat rule.Government under petticoat rule.

► BECAUSE it is unwise to risk the good we BECAUSE it is unwise to risk the good we already have for the evil which may occur.already have for the evil which may occur.

NYC Parade: 6 May 1912

Only Daddy

can vote!

‘‘Election Election Day’Day’

1. Explain the message of this cartoon.

2. What do you think the artist hoped to

accomplish?

TheThe

1919thth AmendmentAmendment

It was ratified on August 18, August 18,

19201920

Amendment XIX (19)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 gender.