1. The Changing Voice of America: part one
Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives

2. “The Women’s Place”
The right to vote (suffrage movement)—post civil war start
Sojourner Truth (see Voices from the Times on )

3. “The Woman’s Place, cont.”
Spread of university education among women
Despite warnings from physicians

4. Emily Dickinson 1st major American woman poet
Widely known in last years or so
Contemporary of Whitman
Virtually unknown during her lifetime.
Most early reviews were negative

5. Kate Chopin Wrote about women’s difficulties 1890’s
The Awakening (1899)
Crossed boundaries
Portrayal of women’s hidden passion

6. Legacy of women’s movement
19th amendment
Gave women right to vote
At first, women voted for who their fathers and husbands did
1920’s was a setback for women
Flapper image