Kent Chronicles Suffrage and Prohibition Intertwined Progressive Amendments to the Constitution May, 2013
Interconnected Reform Groups Abolitionists Suffragettes Prohibitions Interrelated groups; Suffrage and Prohibition learned about social reform from the Abolitionists, then fed off the energy of one another
Women’s Suffrage World Anti-Slavery Convention Seneca Falls, NY The Declaration of Sentiments
Education
Suffragette Split 15 th Amendment Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone Julia Ward Howe
National American Woman Suffrage Association Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman’s Party Alice Paul Lucy Burns
19 th Amendment
Now What? League of Women Voters
Changing Role for Women More opportunities for work Refused to return to Victorian society Really, this was only in the Cities
Switching Gears
Prohibition Laws Wartime Prohibition 18 th Amendment Volstead Act
Dries Washingtonians Women’s Christian Temperance Movement – Frances Willard – Carrie Nation Prohibition Party Anti-Saloon League
Wets The German American League – Adolphus Busch Association Against the Prohibition Amendment Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform – Pauline Sabin
Everybody Else “Capital T” Total Abstinence Or Scofflaws
Unintended Consequences Stockpiled Bootlegging Rum running
Organized Crime Al Capone Roy Olmstead Wood Alcohol poisoning
DIY Booze Grape Bricks Home Stills Home Brewing
Unintended Consequences Loss of Federal Government Revenue
Killing Prohibition Speakeasies.
21 st Amendment
Lest we forget