2. Women Win the Vote Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 Marked start of women’s rights movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony Formed National Woman Suffrage Association after C.W. Wanted right for women to vote
3. Women Vote in the West Late 1800s Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, & Idaho allowed women to vote Recognized women’s contributions made to build farms & cities by allowing them to vote 1890 Wyoming applied for statehood Congress wanted to bar women from voting Wyoming lawmakers stood firm & was admitted with women being able to vote
4. Growing Support 1900s Women’s suffrage grew 5 million women worked outside the home Paid less, but wages gave them some power Demanded say in law making Carrie Chapman Catt Developed way to win suffrage state by state Suffragists: people who worked for women’s rights to vote followed her plan Efforts brought steady gains
5. The Nineteenth Amendment Women right to vote In some states it did not apply to federal elections Call for federal amendment to allow women to vote in all elections Alice Paul Met with President Wilson in 1913 Explained suffragists were committed to achieving a federal amendment Wilson pledged support 1919 19th Amendment passed Guaranteed women right to vote August 1920 ¾ of states ratified the amendment 19th Amendment Doubled # of eligible voters
6. New Opportunities for Women Women also struggled to gain access to jobs & education Were refused licenses to practice law or medicine Higher Education A few women managed to get higher education to enter a profession 1877 Boston University granted first Ph.D. to w woman 1900 1,000 women lawyers & 7,000 doctors
7. Women’s Clubs At First Read books & sought ways to advance their knowledge In time many became reformers Raised money for libraries, schools, & parks Pressed for laws to protect women & children, ensure pure food & drugs, and win the vote African American women formed own clubs National Association of Colored Women Battled to end segregation & violence Joined battle for suffrage
8. Women Reformers Progressive Era Some women committed themselves to reform Became social workers to help the poor Florence Kelley Investigated sweatshop conditions Became chief factory inspector in Illinois Main concern was child labor Organized boycott of goods produced in factories employed by young children
9. Crusade Against Alcohol 1820s Reform against alcohol abuse Women took leading role 1874 Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Frances Willard became president Spoke about evils of alcohol Wanted state laws to ban sale of liquor Worked to close saloons Later joined suffrage movement w/ other WCTU members Carry Nation More radical temperance crusader Husband died from heavy drinking Often stormed into saloons swinging a hatchet & smashed beer kegs & liquor bottles Actions gained publicity, but embarrassed WCTU 1917 18th Amendment passed by Congress Enforced prohibition (a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol Ratified in 1919
