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Women’s Suffrage. Role of Women What was the role of women? What kinds of jobs did they have? If they did work, what happened to their earnings?

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1 Women’s Suffrage

2 Role of Women What was the role of women? What kinds of jobs did they have? If they did work, what happened to their earnings?

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4 Important Women Florence Kelley  Created NCL (National Consumers League)  Made labels for goods made under safe and healthy conditions Ida B. Wells  Black teacher  Helped form National Association of Colored Women  Raised money to help educate black women Carrie Chapman Catt  Joined National Woman Suffrage Association  Wanted right to vote, in both state and national government

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6 Alice Paul Social activist  Used more extreme strategies to win the right to vote National Woman’s Party  Paul formed this party  Protest marches  First group to march with picket signs outside the white house  Some went on hunger strikes  Refusing to eat until they could vote  Angered many including other women’s movements

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10 Nineteenth Amendment The right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex.” With the NWP and NAWSA Both parties can take responsibility for the victory  Convinced legislators to support suffrage movement


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