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Date Posted: 20:19:57 01/16/03 Thu
Author: mal
Subject: Ch21-WomanSuffrage

Women Suffrage
A. Radical challenge of women’s suffrage
1. many people argued that women had the “natural right” to vote
2. society believed that women should be wives and mothers
B. NAWSA
1. National American Women Suffrage Association
a. leaders – Anna Howard Shaw & Carrie Chapman Catt
b. 1917 – membership grew to over 2 million
C. Conservative Arguments for Suffrage
1. middle-class argued that “well-born” women deserve the same access to voting as blacks and immigrants
2. suffragists gained widespread support
a. 1910 – Washington extended suffrage to women
b. in the next two years 4 other western states did the same
D. Nineteenth Amendment
1. by 1919 – 39 states gave women the right to vote in at least some elections
2. finally in 1920 – the 19th amendment was passed
E. Equal Rights Amendment
1. Alice Paul (head of National Women’s Party) argued that the 19th amendment would not be enough to protect women’s rights – she was right
2. she gained little support

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