The Quest For

EqualityBy: Tom P. Bolles

Kimberly S. Conway Doris A. Kahler

Standards BEGINBEGIN

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AND THE JOURNEY BEGINS...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all are created equal…”

The Declaration of Independence

men

Thomas Jefferson, 1776

The Suffrage TrailBridging the gap between inequality and equality.

1848 -

Seneca Falls

Women’s Rights

Convention 1920 - 19th Amendment

Passed - Women

receive right to vote.

1848 Seneca Falls

Women’s Rights

Convention

Seneca Falls, New YorkJuly 1848

•World’s first women’s rights convention

•Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

•Set agenda for women’s rights movement that followed

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal…”

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848Elizabeth Cady Stanton (sitting), Susan B. Anthony (standing)

“Ain’t I a woman?”-Sojourner Truth, 1851

“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody helps me any best place. And ain’t I a woman?…If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right-side up again. And now that they are asking to do it the men better let them.”

PROMINENT SUFFRAGETTES

Susan B. Anthony

Sojourner Truth

Elizabeth Cady StantonCarrie Chapman Catt

Lucretia Mott

Rosa Parks

Sally Ride

Gloria Steinem

Nellie Bly

Carrie Nation

How is an Amendment Passed?How is an Amendment Passed?

Amendments are proposed by:

-A two-thirds(2/3) vote of both houses of Congress

OR

-A national convention called by Congress

Amendments are ratified by:

-Approval of three-fourths (3/4) of the state legislatures

OR

-Special ratifying conventions in three-fourths (3/4) of the states

Obstacles Women FacedObstacles Women Faced

Tradition - people believed a woman’s role was in the home taking care of the family.

Women - many women felt new freedoms also meant new responsibilities and situations making the future uncertain.

Laws - many laws limited and restricted the opportunities open to women.

Religion - Organized religions viewed women as subservient to men.

FAMOUS WOMEN’S FIRSTS1848 - first Women’s Rights Convention

1849 - first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science

1853 - first woman ordained as a minister in the Protestant denomination

1855 - first woman on record to keep her own name after marriage

1855 - first state school to admit women (U. of Iowa)

1869 - first woman suffrage law in U.S. passed

1870 - first time for women to serve on Juries

1870 - first state to admit a woman to the bar (Iowa)

1870 - first issue of Woman’s Journal appears

1872 - first women to register and vote in a presidential election

1875 - first women’s college founded (Smith College)

1879 - first woman lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court

1917 - first woman elected to U.S. Congress (Montana)

1924 - first woman elected governor of a state (Wyoming)

1932 - first woman elected to U.S. Senate (Arkansas)

1971 - first battered women’s shelter opened (Illinois)

1973 - first time U.S. military is integrated (women-only branches are eliminated)

1981 - first woman appointed to the Supreme Court

Achieving Equality

• In order for women to get the right to vote, an Amendment had to be added to the Constitution.

States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

• In 1919, there were 48 states forming the United States of America. To get the required 3/4th majority for ratification, the 19th Amendment needed the approval of at least 36 states.

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States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

June 1919

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States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

September 1919

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October 1919

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States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

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States Ratifying the 19th Amendment

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States which did not vote on the 19th Amendment

Did not vote on 19th Amendment

Were not states in 1919-20, accepted the 19th Amendment when admitted as states

Not States in 1919-20

Sufferin’ ‘til Suffrage

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ASSESSMENT

• The women’s suffrage movement involved many different people from many different places. Who do you feel made the largest impact on this movement and why? Give an example of this impact.

• In 1848 the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention was held. Who were the significant women in this convention and what was achieved/accomplished through this effort?

• “Ain’t I a women…,” these were the words that were spoken by Sojourner Truth in 1851. What was the overall message that she was trying to put across? Was she successful?

ESSAYS

ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTYou are the editor of a newspaper reflecting on the women’s suffrage movement. You must complete the following tasks by 10 PM tonight in order to make the press deadline for tomorrow’s paper. Remember, you are trying to bring the issue of women’s rights and the suffrage movement to the forefront.

TASKS:

1. Write a front page article detailing the works of one prominent suffragette. Include a catchy headline.

2. Write a supporting article detailing some of the obstacles that were hindering this movement. Include a catchy headline.

3. Create a political cartoon about the women’s suffrage movement.

4. Write a supporting article focusing on the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Include a catchy headline.

5. Create a top ten list of the women’s firsts throughout history.

Remember….deadline is 10 PM, be on time!

Referenceshttp://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/song.hts?lo+sufferin -Unofficial Schoolhouse Rock Site

www.usgennet.org/~alhnilus/alhn1920.html

http://www.greatwomen.org/lcvt2.htm - National Women's Hall of Fame

http://www.nmwh.org/ - National Women's Museum

www.nara.gov

Life Magazine, 1914.

Viola, Herman, Why We Remember, Scott Foresman Addision Wesley, Illinois, 1998