Woman’s Suffrage and Prohibition

Women’s Roles Change By the late 1800’s the role of women was changing in America

Women’s Roles Change More women were going to college Pursuing jobs in teaching, nursing, medicine, and other areas

Women’s Roles Change The “New Woman” became the term for the women who followed interests outside the home. Many of these women became writers, speakers, fund-raisers, and reformers.

Women’s Roles Change Women’s Clubs were created Became involved in addressing social problems Members were offered chances for self-improvement Members learned new skills and were encouraged to continue their education.

Women’s Roles Change African American women developed their own clubs. National Association of Colored Women. Created homes for orphans and founded hospitals.

The Fight for Suffrage The Fifteenth Amendment allowed voting to all freed men, this did not include women.

The Fight for Suffrage People who fought for women’s right to vote were called suffragists.

The Fight for Suffrage National Woman Suffrage Association Founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton They wanted an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote in national and state elections.

The Fight for Suffrage Opposition to woman suffrage Some people, both women and men, were against allowing women to vote.

The Fight for Suffrage Those opposed to woman suffrage believed it would change the balance of society and lead to problems in the home.

State Elections State Elections Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote in state elections in 1869 By 1919, most states allowed women to vote in some state elections.

National Elections National Elections In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson stated he did not support woman suffrage.

National Elections Alice Paul, leader of the National Woman’s Party, led a protest in front of the White House.

National Elections The protestors were arrested for blocking the sidewalk In jail, they started a hunger strike.

National Elections Support for women’s right to vote began to grow. President Wilson finally gave his support for an amendment to the constitution.

National Elections The Nineteenth Amendment was approved in 1919 and ratified in 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment officially allowed women to vote in national elections

Women and Social Reform Women’s clubs became more involved in social reform They sponsored laws that regulated the labor of women and children in the workplace.

Women and Social Reform They helped create the Children’s Bureau in the Labor Department They pushed for government inspections in the workplace. They pushed for state funding of widows and abandoned mothers. The Women’s Trade Union League created to protect the rights of women factory workers.

Women and Social Reform They supported libraries, schools, and settlement houses. They raised money for hospitals and parks They pushed for government inspections of food and medicine industries.

Suffragist Video Comparison Susan B Anthony Alice Paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYtacfcgPU&list=PLYwm4QT66dCypcxHIXUPUdum3mpA0aT8e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YytmVdW6-c&list=PLYwm4QT66dCypcxHIXUPUdum3mpA0aT8e

Video Comparison Use Description Organizer for Suffragists

Prohibition The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League tried to convince people to stop drinking alcohol.

Prohibition They supported laws that prohibited the making or selling of alcohol, called prohibition. Leaders made speeches connecting alcohol to poverty.

Prohibition Carry Nation sang songs outside saloons protesting the use of alcohol.

Prohibition She also pushed her way into saloons and broke bottles and kegs with an axe.

Prohibition Other people wanted to ban alcohol for social reform, religious reasons, or moral reasons. Support from around the country began to grow.

Prohibition In 1919, The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed. It made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States.