Women Make Progress Essential Question: How did women of the Progressive Era make progress and win the right to vote?

Traits of Progressive Women Educated empowered

Issues Women Faced No voting rights Gave wages to husband Dangerous, long work

Reforms! Muller v. Oregon—10 hour workday for women Business men used this as an excuse to pay women less National Consumers League—led by Florence Kelley Gave labels to goods produced fairly, safely and in a healthy environment Result: people only bought these items Pushed for laws for meat packing plants, safer work places and unemployment benefits

Reforms con’t Family Life Temperance movement led by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Leads to 18th Amendment: outlaws production and sale of alcohol Birth Control clinic—Margaret Sanger Believed less children will result in a better quality of life Founded the American Birth Control League Ida B. Wells—set up day-cares to promote and educate black children while parents were at work

Reforms con’t Suffrage 1890s: National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWS) President: Carrie Chapman Catt 2 part plan for gaining suffrage Lobby Congress Use referendum process in states

Reforms con’t People who supported suffrage were called suffragettes 1917: National Women’s Party—used protest marches; led by Alice Paul Opposition to suffrage: National Association Opposed to Women’s Suffrage (NAOWS) Thought suffrage would take away from woman’s family and volunteer work 1920: 19TH AMENDMENT PASSES! WOMEN ARE OFFICIALLY ABLE TO VOTE NATIONWIDE!