1. World War I, Influenza, Women’s Suffrage 1914-1920

2. WWI WWI took place in Europe between 1914- 1918 WWI started over Austria-Hungary competing for land with Russia and Serbia The US entered the war in 1917 Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey Allied Powers: England, France, Italy, Russia, then the US entered on this side

3. WWI and Washington State US entered war when Germany sank passenger ships, killing Americans About 75,000 Washington men were drafted into the army – this was the start of the Selective Service Act (Draft) Many Washington farms provided food for the troops German language was banned from being taught in schools

4. IWW Against the War Wobblies were against the war because they thought it was to enrich big business, not to save democracy 1917 Wobblies held strike for an eight-hour work day Lumber companies had to comply in order to continue their supply of lumber for planes and warships

5. Support for the War

6. Government Posters

7. Influenza Pandemic Influenza, characterized by rapid onset and high fever, arrived in Boston on August 31, 1918, and made its way to Puget Sound the following month on a trainload of sick Navy draftees from Philadelphia. Spanish Influenza pandemic (worldwide epidemic) arrives in Seattle On October 3, 1918 700 cases and one death reported at the University of Washington Naval Training Station within two days.

8. Influenza in Seattle Some 1,600 persons die in Seattle from October 1918-April 1919 despite the closing of theaters and schools, the banning of public gatherings, and the widespread wearing of gauze masks. Third Avenue, Seattle, 1918

9. Influenza Worldwide 1918 Throughout the world, at least 21 million people died, including some 700,000 in the United States.

10. Women’s Suffrage Movement Suffrage – the right to vote Washington was the fifth state to give women the right to vote, 10 years BEFORE the US Constitutional Amendment # 19 in 1920

11. Women’s Suffrage Movement Bellingham Suffragists

12. May Arkwright Hutton A cook in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Met husband and they became rich as mine owners Best known women’s activist in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

13. May Arkwright Hutton Idaho women had gained the vote in 1896, and May Hutton not only voted, but in 1904 entered politics by running as a Democrat for the state legislature. She came within 80 votes of her Republican opponent.

14. May Arkwright Hutton When May and her husband moved to Spokane, she did not have the right to vote because it was a different state. The 1909 convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association was to be held in Seattle July 1-6 to coincide with the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Washington gave women the right to vote in 1910.