Religion:
women were
to act how
their religion
told them to
Purity
Virginity:
Virginity was a
Gift, and they
were to remain
pure till marriage.
It was the wife's
job to keep the
husband happy.
Domesticity
Homemakers: It
was the woman's
job to keep up
with the
housework, her
place was in the
home while the
husband worked.
Submissivness
Submit:
Women always
were to submit
to their
husbands and
do what was
asked of them,
including how
they looked and
dressed.
Susan B. Anthony &
Elizabeth Stanton
1850:
Susan and
Elizabeth became
life long friends &
activists. They
unsuccessfully
lobbied congress
for the 14th &
15th
ammendment
1869:
National
Women's
Suffrage
Association
(NWSA)
started.
1878:
NWSA put
efforts into
individual
states to start
a ripple effect
nationwide.
1899:
Wyoming was
the first state
that allowed
women to
vote.
August 26th, 1920:
The 19th amendment
provided full voting
rights for women
nationally. It was
ratified when
Tennessee was the
36th state to approve
it.
March 13, 1906
Susan
Brownell
Anthony Died
March 13, 1906 at
the age of 86
October 26, 1902
Elizabeth
Cady Stanton
died October
26, 1902 at the
age of 86
Alice Paul
1909
joined the WSPU
and began
participating in
demonstrations
and marches
Paul was arrested
seven times and
imprisoned three
times, and participated
in hunger strikes while
in prison. (while with
WSPU)
accepted an
organizer's job in
the WSPU and
was sent to
various cities to
prepare the
ground for
demonstrations
and symbolic
events
1913
Her first big project
was organizing the
Woman's Suffrage
Parade in Washington.
this was a day
before President
Wilson's inauguration
1916
Paul formed the
Congressional Union and
then, the National
Woman's Party (NWP)
1917
United States entered World War I,
People thought the picketing Silent
Sentinels were being disloyal. In June, 1917,
picketers were arrested on charges of
"obstructing traffic."
Paul began a hunger strike. This led to her
being moved to the prison's psychiatric ward
and being force-fed raw eggs through a feeding
tube
August 1920
The 19th Amendment to the USA
Constitution was ratified, originally it
was not going to be passed, but a
senator from Tennessee changed his
vote when he received a telegram
from his mother asking him to
support women's suffrage