1. IRON JAWED ANGELS

2. 1848- Seneca Falls Convention
Declaration of Sentiments includes demand for suffrage- the right to vote

3. 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

4. 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

5. 1890- Wyoming becomes 1st state in which women have the right to vote
1890- NAWSA forms from a merger of suffrage groups….

6. Key player in film: Carrie Chapman Catt
President of NAWSA
(Susan B. Anthony died
1909)

7. 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…

8. 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

9. 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

10. Key players:
Carrie Chapman Catt- leader of N