IRON JAWED ANGELS
1848- Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments includes demand for suffrage- the right to vote
1866- Stanton presents a petition to Congress demanding women’s right to vote Women are not included in 15th Amendment (1870) guaranteeing African Americans suffrage
1869- Stanton and Susan B Anthony form the NWSA to secure voting rights for women 1872- Susan B Anthony arrested for trying to vote in Rochester, NY
1890- Wyoming becomes 1st state in which women have the right to vote 1890- NAWSA forms from a merger of suffrage groups….
Key player in film: Carrie Chapman Catt President of NAWSA 1915-1920 (Susan B. Anthony died 1909)
Lucy Burns and Alice Paul Met in England- participated in radical suffragette activities Arrested and imprisoned several times- went on hunger strikes Paul force fed after, disguised as a cleaner, threw her shoe at the Prime Minister Join NAWSA- given task of organizing a parade in Washington the day before President Wilson’s inauguration…
Formation of National Women’s Party (NWP) NAWSA NWP Carrie Chapman Catt Cooperate with Wilson, Democrat Party Focus on state by state suffragists No “hooliganism” Paul, Burns Confront, challenge Wilson, Democrat Party Aim for a constitutional amendment More radical tactics
Women’s Suffrage… Background review Carrie Chapman Catt (NAWSA) KEEP GOING STATE BY STATE… vs. Alice Paul- Nat’l Women’s Party Radical- GO FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 19th Amendment- WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE
Key players: Carrie Chapman Catt- leader of N