1. Women Win New Rights New Roles for Women Chapter 21-3

3. Women Win New Rights How did women’s lives change in the late 1800s? How did women’s lives change in the late 1800s? Turn of the century: middle class women looking for new roles outside the home. Turn of the century: middle class women looking for new roles outside the home. Families smaller; fewer children. Families smaller; fewer children. New products and inventions reduced homemaking. New products and inventions reduced homemaking. Clean in less time; running water, vacuums, canned food, soap, clothing. Clean in less time; running water, vacuums, canned food, soap, clothing.

5. New Opportunities Charlotte Perkins Gilman – influential writer. Charlotte Perkins Gilman – influential writer. Concerning Children; The Home Concerning Children; The Home Large apartments with centralized nurseries; and staff for cooking, cleaning, & childcare. Large apartments with centralized nurseries; and staff for cooking, cleaning, & childcare. Women’s jobs; telephone operators, store clerks, & typists. Teachers & nurses. Women’s jobs; telephone operators, store clerks, & typists. Teachers & nurses. Women expected to leave jobs when married. Women expected to leave jobs when married.

7. Women & Progressivism On what social problems did Jane Addams and other women work? On what social problems did Jane Addams and other women work? Settlement houses – community centers that provided help to immigrants and the poor. Settlement houses – community centers that provided help to immigrants and the poor. Worked to pass prohibition. Worked to pass prohibition. Addams & Starr (Ellen Gates) opened Hull House in Chicago. Addams & Starr (Ellen Gates) opened Hull House in Chicago. Provided information for immigrants and helped the unemployed find jobs. Provided information for immigrants and helped the unemployed find jobs. Offered kindergarten,nursery, after-school youth clubs, health clinics, and citizenship classes. Offered kindergarten,nursery, after-school youth clubs, health clinics, and citizenship classes.

8. Prohibition Carry A. Nation – campaigned for prohibition (ban on the production and sales of alcohol). Carry A. Nation – campaigned for prohibition (ban on the production and sales of alcohol). Smashed saloons with hatchet; arrested many times. Smashed saloons with hatchet; arrested many times. Eighteenth Amendment – made Prohibition the law of the land. Eighteenth Amendment – made Prohibition the law of the land.

10. Suffrage for Women How did women finally obtain the right to vote? How did women finally obtain the right to vote? Suffrage – the right to vote. Suffrage – the right to vote. National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Elizabeth Cady Stanton first president; 1892 Susan B. Anthony became president until 1900. Elizabeth Cady Stanton first president; 1892 Susan B. Anthony became president until 1900. Carrie Chapman Catt president of NAWSA supported Wilson and volunteered services to the government in case of war. Carrie Chapman Catt president of NAWSA supported Wilson and volunteered services to the government in case of war. 1918 – With Wilson urging the Nineteenth Amendment passed giving women full voting rights. 1918 – With Wilson urging the Nineteenth Amendment passed giving women full voting rights.