Women’s Suffrage

Movement
Marisa Clark, Elsa Wybrow,
Kaili Ruttenbur, & Simone
Wong
HISTORY OF THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
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▫ Causes
▫ Seneca Falls Convention
▫ 15th Amendment
▫ Opposition of Women’s Suffrage
▫ Organizations & Accomplishments
▫ Kahoot
 CAUSES OF THE
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
MOVEMENT

▫ Subservient to men & relied on

them
▫ Couldn’t own property
▫ Couldn’t vote
▫ Inequality in divorce
▫ inequality in education and
employment opportunities
▫ They wanted to be seen as equal
and full citizens of the United
States
 CAUSES CONTINUED...

▫ World War One

▫ Men went off to war
▫ Women took their jobs
▫ Women also took new jobs
created from the war
▫ When the war ended they
were expected to go back
to being in the home
 “We hold these truths to be self-evident;
that all men and women are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.”
-Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
 SENECA FALLS

▫ 1st Women’s Rights Convention held

on July 19-20 of 1848.
▫ Local female Quakers organized the
convention.
▫ Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a big
influence on organizing the Seneca
Falls Convention.
▫ Declaration of Sentiments
 15TH AMENDMENT

What is the 15th Amendment?

▫ Passed by Congress on February 26,
1869
▫ Ratified by on February 3rd, 1870.
▫ Granted the right to vote regardless
of race, color or “previous condition
of servitude.”

Why weren’t women included?

▫ Women were viewed as inferior to
men.
▫ Women were considered “child-like”
and incapable to vote responsibly.
 THE DIVIDE?

▫ Due to the exclusion of women in the

15th amendment, a split between
women rights activists developed.
▫ Many activists argued whether to
support or oppose the amendment.
Oppose?
▫ Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
▫ Saw the new addition as offensive.
▫ Refused to support since the rights
of women weren’t alongside black
men.
Support?
▫ Lucy Stone
▫ Was disappointed that women were
excluded, but continued to support
the 15th amendment.
 ORGANIZATIONS

▫ NAWASA -- National American Woman

Suffrage Association

▫ NWP -- National Woman’s Party

▫ Mainly under the leadership of Elizabeth
Stanton and Susan Anthony
 Accomplishments

▫ Carrie Chapman Catt

▫ Most of their smaller accomplishments

were to bring awareness.

▫ 1920 - Women are granted the right to

vote through the 19th amendment.
 The Opposition of
Women’s Suffrage.

Anti-suffrage activists.
▫ For a while, anti-suffrage individuals
spoke amongst each other without a
set organization.
▫ In 1911, Josephine Dodge founded the
“National Association Opposed to
Women's Suffrage” (NAOWS)
▫ Propaganda, Religious Leaders &
Articles.
Why?
▫ Opposing supporters believed that
most women didn’t want to vote or
didn’t have enough time to vote or stay
updated on political topics.
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Seneca Falls Convention - HISTORY

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