Womens Rights Womens Suffrage Beginning in January 1918

Women’s Rights

Women’s Suffrage �Beginning in January 1918, women’s suffrage was the hot topic at the capital of Washington D. C. �Big day: The House of Representatives was to make a decision whether or not to grant women 21 + the right to vote �Laws differed from state to state �Suffrage: The right to vote

New Rights for Women �The 19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote. �Carrie Champan Catt organized the League of Women Voters who worked to educate voters on issues and guarantee others rights. �Nellie Tayloe Ross of WY became the first female governor in 1925

Equality �The Equal Rights Amendment stated that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the U. S. or by any state on account of gender. �Amendment passed but was never ratified �More and more women began working outside the home.

Wyoming �Wyoming Territory applied for statehood in 1889 �Women were allowed to vote here for 20 years �Congress debated: give up women’s suffrage in order to enter the Union �“We will remain out of the Union 100 years rather than come in w/o the women. ” �Wyoming became a state in 1890

Cons for women’s suffrage �Cons �Political leaders—lose party power �Saloon-keepers—women would try to pass laws against liquor �Men & Women—b/c it meant change

White state: allowed women right to vote polka dotted: partial voting rights black state: no women’s suffrage