1. Women in the Progressive era

2. Background Women had been fighting for the right of others for years
Slaves
Labors
Immigrants
by lecture, writing campaigns
Now wanted to fight for their rights…SUFFRAGE

4. Hardships Problems in the Workplace Key Victory…Muller v. Oregon Wages
Working conditions
Long Hours
Key Victory…Muller v. Oregon
Supreme Court agreed with an Oregon law
capped working hours for woman due to danger to birth and families
Lewis D. Brandeis

6. Hardships Unfair Pricing hurts women National Consumer League
Florence Kelley
Special Labels to goods produced in good, fair and safe working conditions
Laws to force government inspection of products
Reform of women's factories
Women Trade Union
8 hour day
Minimum Wage
Lobbying for what they wanted!

8. Other Battles Temperance
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
End the consumption and production of alcohol
Why? To keep mothers and families safe
18th Amendment – ended the production and sale of alcohol
Birth Control, Margret Sanger – Family life and women’s heath would improve if had less children
Ida B. Wells
National Association of Colored Women
To help Black women and family to a better life

9. Fight takes a new turn National Women Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt- Reorganized the fight
Wanted to recruit women of all socio-economic levels
Two front attack:
One group lobbies Congress for a Const. Amendment for Women’s right to vote (19th)
Other group works in the states to gain women the right to vote

11. Anti-women’s suffrage
National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage… Seeking Constitutional Amendment
Worked against the Suffragettes
Took time away from family
Took resources and volunteers from other work that could benefit society
Faded away as pressure for suffrage grew

13. Others in the struggle Alice Paul Formed the National Women’s Party
… Seeking Constitutional Amendment
First Group to use protest marches and picket signs outside the White House
Used Hunger Strikes, Militant pressure on Congress
Made some mad because it made other groups methods look weak

15. Suffrage at Last Suffragettes supported America in WWI
This gained them support in Congress along with the efforts of Catt and Paul
In June 1919 Congress approved the 19th Amendment
On August 18, 1920 Tennessee became the last state needed to ratify the 19th Amend Women could now vote!!