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1 Section 3 The Rights of Women
Chapter 19 Section 3 The Rights of Women

2 1. Increased activism of local and grass roots groups
Which three new developments finally brought the success of the women’s suffrage movement within reach? 1. Increased activism of local and grass roots groups 2. The use of bold new strategies to build enthusiasm for the movement 3. Regeneration of the national movement under Carrie Chapman Catt Maud Wood Park (right)

3 Suffragists! Alice Paul Carrie Chapman Catt Susan B. Anthony
Lucy Burns

4 Which constitutional amendment recognized the women’s right to vote?
19th Amendment Passed by Congress 1919 Final ratification August 1920

5 What types of jobs were women in each group likely to hold?
Lower Class African - American

6 Middle and Upper Class Immigrant

7 How did educational opportunities for middle- and upper- class women change?
. Vassar College - Poughkeepsie, NY  Randolph- Macon College – Ashland Virginia Barnard College Pembroke University Radcliffe College

8 No longer a woman’s only alternative
How did these new opportunities affect the lives of middle- and upper- class women? No longer a woman’s only alternative Offered opportunities to pursue a profession 2.Offered opportunities to devote oneself to volunteer work and reform movements

9 What three strategies were adopted by suffragists to win the vote?
1. Tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote. 2. Pursued court cases to test the 14th Amendment. 3. Campaigned for a national constitution amendment to grant women the right to vote.

10 but other states failed
What result did each strategy produce? 1. 2. Supreme Court ruled women were citizens, but that citizens didn’t automatically get the right to vote Statehood for these 4, but other states failed 3. At first, Senate killed idea; reached the Senate floor for a vote several times, but was always voted down

11 Temperance Movement What? – campaign against alcohol abuse
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was led by Frances Willard, and her goal was end the sale of liquor 18th Amendment (1919) – banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States


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