Woman SuffrageWoman Suffrage

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TermsTerms• Main reasons against suffrageMain reasons against suffrage

• Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth StantonElizabeth Stanton

• Radical vs. Moderate movementRadical vs. Moderate movement

• 1919thth Amendment Amendment

Elizabeth Stanton Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Stanton Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Stanton Susan B. Anthony

Split MovementSplit MovementRadicalsRadicals•Susan B & StantonSusan B & Stanton•The RevolutionThe Revolution•Const. AmendmentConst. Amendment•Civil DisobedienceCivil Disobedience•DC DemonstrationsDC Demonstrations

ModeratesModerates• State by stateState by state

– Initial successInitial success

– Long term failureLong term failure

Amendment TriesAmendment Tries•Attempt 1:Attempt 1: Stalled in Congress in Stalled in Congress in 18681868

•Attempt 2:Attempt 2: Stalled in Stalled in 18781878 until until 18871887, , defeateddefeated

•Attempt 3:Attempt 3: Stalled in Stalled in 18881888

•Attempt 4:Attempt 4: Stalled in Stalled in 18891889

•Attempt 5:Attempt 5: Stalled in Stalled in 18901890

•Attempt 6:Attempt 6: Stalled in Stalled in 18911891

•Attempt 7:Attempt 7: Stalled in Stalled in 18921892

•Attempt 8:Attempt 8: Stalled in Stalled in 18931893

Amendment TriesAmendment Tries•Attempt 9:Attempt 9: Stalled in Stalled in 18941894

•Attempt 10:Attempt 10: Stalled in Stalled in 18951895

•Attempt 11:Attempt 11: Stalled in Stalled in 18961896

•Attempt 12:Attempt 12: Reappears in Reappears in 19131913

DefeatedDefeated

Elizabeth Stanton Susan B. Anthony

Leaders LostLeaders Lost

March on WashingtonMarch on Washington

Split MovementSplit MovementRadicalsRadicals•Demonstrated in Demonstrated in front of White Housefront of White House•Burned effigyBurned effigy•Burned speechesBurned speeches•Arrested, imprisonedArrested, imprisoned•Hunger strikeHunger strike

ModeratesModerates• State by stateState by state

– FailureFailure

Suffrage!Suffrage!•NAWSA keeps growingNAWSA keeps growing

•NY grants suffrage in 1917.NY grants suffrage in 1917.

•WWI – women do their partWWI – women do their part

•1919 – 181919 – 18thth Amendment (Prohibition) Amendment (Prohibition)

•1920 – 191920 – 19thth Amendment (Suffrage) Amendment (Suffrage)–Last of Progressive reformsLast of Progressive reforms