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      Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 began the organized fight for women’s rights in the United States. 

     (1-3)   At the Convention, women drafted the which said that .  

     Suffragists  were   frustrated that the included men, and excluded women. 

     (4-5)   After the Civil War, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the

     National Woman’s    Suffrage Association.  This group thought the best approach was to work at 

        the level to help pursue a giving women the right to vote.

     (6-7)   Women win the vote in the west first. 

     Four western states won voting rights for women first:  . 

     Westerners respected and understood the hard work that women did alongside men to

     build their communities and cities. Other states followed: Which states gave women

     the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment? Go to http://phschool.com/ 

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In the early 1900’s, more than 5 million women worked outside the home.

 They were paid less than men, but having some income gave them power. 

     (8-10)  Carrie Chapman Catt devised a detailed strategy to win suffrage.  

     Suffragists fought for women’s rights and gradually, the western and Midwestern states

     gave women the right to vote.  Catt's strategy began in 1915 when she rejoined the suffrage

     movement after her husband's death.  She believed that women should

     work for for the states that were only partially willing to change. 

    She worked at the and levels. 

     19^th Amendment:

     (11-14)  Alice Paul, a suffragist met with President Woodrow Wilson in 1913,

     she told him that women had committed themselves to getting the right to vote, and Wilson

     pledged his support.  Paul and other suffragists first gained recognition in front of Wilson when

     they were and the police .  

     Woodrow Wilson helped pass the 19th Amendment, which  gave ,

     who referred to it as a "."   

      1920, the 19^th Amendment was passed, and it doubled the amount of eligible voters in the country. 

     New Opportunities for Women:

     Higher Education: Women were admitted to more colleges and accepted into professional roles more often.

     (15)  Women’s Clubs were formed by many newly empowered women.  

      They were not just social, they were focussed on  . 

     (16-17)  Women Reformers: Social work – Florence Kelley helped reform sweatshops

     through boycotts.  She also worked with reformers like      

     when she joined the socialist party. Three of he causes were:

    .

     Crusade Against Alcohol:

     (18 - 19)  Temperance movement: fight against . 

     This was often promoted by groups. 

     (20-21)  1874 Women’s Christian Temperance Movement –

     .  Frances Willard spoke tirelessly about the

     evils of alcohol starting in       .

     (22)  Carry Nation: more radical temperance leader – husband died from heavy drinking,

     she stormed into saloons and smashed liquor bottles with a .

     (23)  18^th Amendment: