S UFFRAGE P ART 1 Semester 2, Day 9

O BJECTIVES Students Will Be Able To: 1.) identify some of the suffragists and their actions that eventually won women the right to vote. 2.) explain why many abolitionists also fought for suffrage. 3.) describe at least three groups that fought for suffrage. 4.) summarize the events and people in a composition on suffrage

W RITING P ROMPT Answer each of the following questions on a sheet of paper in short paragraphs. This will be collected. Do women have equal rights to men today? Why or why not? Are men and women naturally different from each other? Why or why not? What are some of the biggest challenges that women face today? How will these change in the next 20 years? Imagine yourself as a woman living during the suffrage era. What would your life be like?

S UFFRAGE I S : Women's suffrage (also known as woman suffrage) is the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Limited voting rights were gained by women in Sweden, Finland and some western U.S. states in the late 19th century. The key vote came on June 4, 1920, when the Senate approved the amendment by 56 to 25 after four hours of debate, during which Democratic Senators opposed to the amendment filibustered to prevent a roll call until their absent Senators could be protected by pairs. The Ayes included 36 (82%) Republicans and 20 (54%) Democrats. The Nays comprised 8 (18%) Republicans and 17 (46%) Democrats. The Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited state or federal sex- based restrictions on voting, was ratified by sufficient states in 1920.

J IG S AW Each group will be given a biography on a famous suffragist. You will spend 10 minutes going over your woman and filling out their section of the graphic organizer.

P RESENTATIONS Complete the rest of the graphic organizer as the assigned group(s) goes over their person.

E XIT T ICKET What does the following video clip tell you about how the suffragists were perceived? Write a paragraph about how this clip demonstrates legal and social perceptions of the suffragists.

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E XIT T ICKET What does the following video clip tell you about how the suffragists were perceived? Write a paragraph about how this clip demonstrates legal and social perceptions of the suffragists.