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    The "Woman Question" Dbq

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    European women were still struggling for basic rights such as choosing who they married, obtaining full citizenship and having the right to vote. Because so many women were fighting for the same thing, many formed groups or alliances that were designed to fight against the male-driven political parties that wanted to deny them their rights. As the “woman question” became a bigger deal in politics and society, people began to form stronger opinions about whether or not they thought women should be

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    Alice Paul Suffrage

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    January 11, 1885 in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her entire life to the single cause of establishing equal rights for all women. Her ideas of suffrage began when her mother, Tacie Paul, who was a member of the NAWSA1, brought Alice along with her to the women suffrage meetings. It was at a meeting at Paulsdale that she was first introduced to the suffrage movement. However, it was during her stay in England, in 1907, where she was transformed from a reserved Quaker girl into a militant

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    Women Getting the Right to Vote “While the word suffrage, derived from the Latin “Suffragium,” simply refers to the right to vote, the modern connotation specifically calls to mind the women’s suffrage movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part of the larger social movement of Women’s Rights and the fight for equality within patriarchal societies , the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States spans a seventy-two year period” (Dolton 31)The campaign for women’s suffrage began

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    From the beginning of time women have always had it harder than men. Rights were always limited for women. Till today there is still that a disadvantage for women in areas such as the work place and how women earn less money than men do. Like many rights women did not have, women were not allowed to vote. It was not until June fourth of 1919 congress passed the nineteenth amendment that guaranteed all American women the right to vote and it was ratified on August eighteen of 1920. If it was for

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    The Rise Of The New Woman

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    On August 18, 1920, women gained a new freedom that would change their role in society forever. This new freedom was the right to vote. Suffrage along with the first World War opened the door for women who were previously considered to only be in the homes, to now begin occupying new jobs that were vacant due to men being at war (bbc bitesize). Their major role during the war further aided their efforts to gain suffrage and political recognition. After gaining suffrage, women

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    Europe, while women, including Anna Howard Shaw, continue to fight for suffrage rights at home. As the war rages on, women commit to their suffrage movements by giving speeches and marching in parades. On June 21, Shaw persuasively speaks to the people of New York at an equal suffrage campaign as they prepare to vote on a law concerning women’s suffrage rights. She intends to give evidence to her listeners and persuade them to support the women of New York and eventually all of the women in America

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    California women and men worked tirelessly to strengthen the women’s suffrage campaign from 1893, when the state legislature passed an amendment permitting women to vote in state elections, through the final passage of the amendment in 1911. The strength of the movements themselves, passionate support overcoming harsh opposition, pushed by the people and the organizations championing for the women’s vote were the main contributing factors which accumulated in the eventual passage of Amendment 8.

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    Jawed Angels is a fascinating movie. I never thought women like Lucy Burns or Alice Howard Shaw had to go through what they went through in order for women to vote. Voting always seemed nonchalant to me. Thinking that it was not important because my voice was not heard. Lucy and Alice never gave up no matter what would happen to them. Despite that the National American Woman Suffrage Association stopped supporting them they continued to fight for women rights.Watching the parts in which they began their

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    Women's Suffrage History

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    The passage of women’s suffrage was a long journey which included many conventions and organizations to kick it off. Women’s suffrage was an idea that came from the women’s rights movement, which held conventions. These conventions were a big attribute to the passage of women’s suffrage. Women’s suffrage first became a political issue when it was brought up in 1848 at the Seneca Falls convention, located in Seneca Falls, New York. Five women, four of which were Quaker rights activists, called the

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    about the role of women in public life. These arguments would take seed in the new nation of America, and blossom into immense social and political change in the following decades. During the nineteenth century, American women expanded into more public spheres by aggressively leveraging new technology and social movements. With the dawn of America’s Industrial Revolution in the 1820s, the first urban factories emerged, providing the first non-domestic job opportunities for women. Some factories embraced

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