Progressive Women
College Oberlin College OH- First to allow women to attend –By % was women
Skills learned at college put to use in social reform movements
Jobs Women entering work force in record numbers –In “caring professions” Reasons for lower pay –Women working were single and supported by dad –Men had to support a family
Job Opportunities Female: –Artists –Journalists –Magazines –Typists –Nurses –Secretaries –Teachers
Impacts of Jobs and Education Women started to see the world differently and the roles they played in the community and society.
Women became backbone of Progressive movement
Prohibition!!!!!
Ban on making, selling, and distribution of alcohol Believed that alcohol was often responsible for crime, poverty, and violence against women and children.
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Headed by Frances Willard Campaigned for alcohol temperance Protestant churches take up cause Saloons source of sin
Carry Nation Smashed up saloons with a hatchet in KS Fiery speeches Huge following
18 th Amendment Ratified 1919 Prohibited sale, manufacturing, and distribution of alcohol IMPACT: Rise of organized crime Muscle Cars Automatic guns Bootleggers and Moonshine
National Association of Colored Women Not welcomed in reform movement –Started own Worked for the same rights
Suffrage Seneca Falls Convention- 72 yrs till right to vote Susan B. Anthony- –Leader in Suffrage movement –Forms National Women’s Suffrage Movement WY 1 st to allow women to vote
Anthony in court Arrested for voting Found guilty and fined $100 –Was not allowed to testify –Refused to pay in hopes of appeal –Judge doesn’t force to pay
Reasons Against Women Voting Interferes w/women duties at home Liquor feared temperance movement Businesses feared regulations Marriage was a sacred bond and the MAN represented the family Not smart enough No experience
National Women’s Suffrage Association In 1890 NWSA merges with NWSA Headed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton In 1920 women gain right to VOTE!!! Anthony and Stanton both passed away before then.