1. Women’s Suffrage
The Right to Vote

2. Early…. Early… History “…Ain’t I a woman?” “...remember the ladies”
-Sojourner Truth (1851)
“...remember the ladies”
- Abigail Adams (1776)

3. Early History Elizabeth Cady Stanton Seneca Falls (1848)
Declaration of Rights & Sentiments

4. Early History
A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers ...
Lucy Stone
“With such women consecrating their lives….. failure is impossible!”
Susan B. Anthony

5. National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
Stanton & Anthony
Conservative group
Suffrage through the States

6. New Leadership…….. Carrie Chapman Catt Wealthy, Conservative,
High Society Women
No Radicals

7. NWSA in D.C.
“Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty?
Let us have the rights we deserve.”
Alice Paul
To pay the fine would be admitting guilt. We haven't broken a law. Not one dollar!
Lucy Burns

9. Suffrage Parade and Pageants

10. National Woman’s Party
Burns & Paul
Political Protestors
Federal Level

12. Turning Point…….1917 Picket Capital Hill Arrests Harsh treatment
Hunger strikes

13. Victory?????......1918 President Wilson will support suffrage.
Suffrage passes in the House….. Stalls in the Senate.

15. Victory !!!!!!
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of Sex”
- 19th Amendment
Approved by Congress

16. Ratification ¾ of states to ratify Wisconsin is the 1st
Pressure by President
72 yrs….19th Amend. is ratified, August 1920).

17. Voting in General Today……
Voter participation is low (<50%)
Voter intimidation
Inaccurate registration
Confusing ballots
U.S. CITIZENS TAKE VOTING FOR GRANTED