Other Reforms of the Progressive Era Women African Americans Prohibition
Women’s Suffrage Movement
Women’s Rights Discrimination Facing Women Legally Economically Denied full citizenship Can’t vote, hold office or be on juries Economically Men control all property and income Paid less for same work, can not get upper level jobs Socially Republican Motherhood / Cult of Domesticity Regulated to running the household Few, if any, colleges admit women
According to the map, in which region of the United States did women receive the most support for equal suffrage before passage of the 19th Amendment? East (3) West South (4) North Women's Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage Women had gained the right to vote in some local elections in late 1800s starting in West Arguments Pro – basic rights if blacks can then women should be able to undemocratic to limit half of people in country events of WWI Anti – will destroy homes women shouldn’t be involved in politics Represented by men
Women’s Rights Organizations 19th Amendment Passed in 1920 National American Women’s Suffrage Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton Carrie Chapman Catt Congressional Union Alice Paul Protests and hunger strikes in prison 19th Amendment Passed in 1920
Rights of African Americans
Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915) Worked out of Tuskegee Institute (Black college in Alabama) Atlanta Compromise Speech Believed A-A should accept discrimination focus on education and economic success A-A needed to make themselves economically self-sufficient in order to be accepted by Whites
Civil Rights Booker T. Washington: don’t push for equality; focus on gaining specific skill. Once earnings rise, so will respect for blacks Founder: Tuskegee Institute “Atlanta Compromise”: accommodation to white society by conforming to white values
W.E.B. DuBois (1868 – 1963) Graduated from Harvard “Talented Tenth” Educated and elite A-A should lead the cause Should receive equal education as whites Demand equal rights Niagara Movement Creates the NAACP Fights for equality through the court system
Civil Rights W.E.B. DuBois: Push for equal rights now. Gain a broader education (not just skill), fight against discrimination Started Niagara Movement Founder: NAACP:
Marcus Garvey (1887 – 1940) Jamaican came to U.S. in 1916 (would go back and forth) Founder of Universal Negro Improvement Association Used to spread ideas of “Garveyism” All persons of African descent should return to Africa Separate black economy Did not get along with DuBois
Segregation
African American School
Prohibition 1920-1933
Prohibition Poster
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Prohibition (more on this in the Roaring 20s) Leaders of the movement: WCTU – Women’s Christian Temperance Union Anti-Saloon League Strategies? Reasoning / Motivations From the 1830s/1840s New for the Progressive Era Impacts: 18th Amendment (passed in 1919) 21st Amendment (passed in 1933) Why did Prohibition fail?