Womens Suffrage Movement Mr Sticklers Social Studies Class

Women’s Suffrage Movement Mr. Stickler’s Social Studies Class Background: Signing the 19 th Amendment in 1920.

Women’s Suffrage Movement OBJECTIVES: When this presentation is done, you will be able to. . . 1. Explain why the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was important. 2. Identify three women who were important to the Women’s Suffrage Movement. 3. Give one (1) fact about each of them. 4. Summarize the 19 th amendment to the U. S. Constitution in your own words.

Women’s Suffrage Movement I. Women’s Rights, 1780’s = A. United States Constitution written. B. Only white men may vote. C. Women had no property rights. D. Women also could not be educated for certain jobs.

Women’s Suffrage Movement II. Women’s Rights, 1800’s A. People began thinking women should be able to vote, too. B. 1848 – Women organized a convention in New York. 1. Called the “Seneca Falls Convention”. Vocab to Know! “Suffrage” = The right to vote.

Women’s Suffrage Parade in New York City

Women’s Suffrage Movement D. It took 80 years before women would get the right to vote! E. Many generations of women (and some men) worked to make this happen NEXT! Important people from the suffrage movement:

y n o h t n A. B n a s u I. S §Born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. §Raised in a Quaker family. §Quakers long activist traditions. §Developed a strong sense of justice because of this!

Women’s Suffrage Movement II. Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Met Susan B. Anthony in 1851. • They worked together for the next fifty years! • Stanton wrote and gave speeches. • Wanted improvement of legal and traditional rights for women.

Women’s Suffrage Movement III. Lucretia Mott • Helped organize and call together the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. • Was a strong supporter of education. • Lucretia Mott Schools – One opened in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Lucretia Mott “Open Air School”, Indianapolis, Indiana • Photo is from the 1910’s. • Kept windows open year round to give students “fresh air” and prevent Tuberculosis. • Believed good for their health. • Students also went outdoor a lot for exercise. Students wearing coats – cold in class!!

Women’s Suffrage Movement IV. Sojourner Truth • Famous for her work as an “abolitionist” (people who opposed slavery). • Truth started speaking about women's rights after attending a Women's Rights Convention in 1850.

Women’s Suffrage Movement V. Anna Howard Shaw • A doctor as well as the first woman Methodist Minister. • Met Susan B. Anthony in 1888. • Began working for women’s rights. • Was the president of the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) for 11 years.

Women’s Suffrage Movement n a m hap C e i r r a C. t t VI a C • Was president of the NAWSA when the 19 th amendment (giving women the right to vote) was passed in 1920.

Women’s Suffrage Movement VII. Esther Morris • The first woman to hold public office in the United States. • She was a judge in the Wyoming Territory.

One thing that had to be done, was to let the people of each state vote on the idea.

Women’s Suffrage Movement • Tennessee - 36 th state to approve the law. • This gave the amendment the majority it needed to become a law. Finally, after years of hard work, the 19 th Amendment was added to the Constitution of the United States (August, 1920)!

Women’s Suffrage Movement Amendment XIX: “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. ”