Reasons against women's suffrage

Women were not smart enough for the responsibility. Voting and politics would distract women from their duties at home. Suffrage would undermine and threaten the stability of American society and government as a whole.

Seneca Falls declaration ( Modeled after which document)

Modeled after the U.S declaration of Independence.

No voting, no voice in government, once married considered not important to the law, no property, no income, lesser wages, no further education, must be expected to follow gender norms

Goal and founders of the National Woman suffrage association

founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1869, The NWSA worked specifically to pass a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT which would provide women across America the right to vote

Goals of the American Woman suffrage Association

fought to win suffrage on the STATE LEVEL.

text of the Anthony Amendment

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

through traditional tactics- working through the legal system, talking with legislators, proposing suffrage laws, etc.

Tactics and founder of the congressional Union

Alice Paul will establish a new suffrage organization called the Congressional Union She believed the movement needed to take a more militant, aggressive approach. Militant protests, hunger strikes, and even burning papers of important documents.

Treatment of the jailed woman that were in jail due to protesting

While conducting their hunger strikes in prison, many of the women were force fed and abused by the guards.

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on August 18, 1920, granted women the right to vote

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Womens suffrage


define suffrage	To right to vote
Reasons against women's suffrage	Women were not smart enough for the responsibility. Voting and politics would distract women from their duties at home. Suffrage would undermine and threaten the stability of American society and government as a whole.
Seneca Falls declaration ( Modeled after which document)	Modeled after the U.S declaration of Independence.
Major grievances	No voting, no voice in government, once married considered not important to the law, no property, no income, lesser wages, no further education, must be expected to follow gender norms
Goal and founders of the National Woman suffrage association	founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1869, The NWSA worked specifically to pass a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT which would provide women across America the right to vote
Goals of the American Woman suffrage Association	fought to win suffrage on the STATE LEVEL.
first state to give women the right to vote	Wyoming in 1890.
text of the Anthony Amendment	The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Tactics of the NAWSA	through traditional tactics- working through the legal system, talking with legislators, proposing suffrage laws, etc.
Tactics and founder of the congressional Union	Alice Paul will establish a new suffrage organization called the Congressional Union She believed the movement needed to take a more militant, aggressive approach. Militant protests, hunger strikes, and even burning papers of important documents.
Treatment of the jailed woman that were in jail due to protesting	While conducting their hunger strikes in prison, many of the women were force fed and abused by the guards.
19th amendment	The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on August 18, 1920, granted women the right to vote

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