Women's Rights In The 1920s

America has been through many challenges and has enjoyed even more achievements between the times of 1877 to the 1930. In this space of time women have come out of their homes to work and even more importantly they fought for the right to vote. African American men, Native Americas men, and Anglo-Saxon men all had the right to vote but women did not have any constitutional right until they came together and won it. In 1890, only 4% of children between the ages of 14 years and 17 years were enrolled in school by 1930 this number raised to 47%. This increase in number was the result of standard education. Standard education brought was into the light by progressive educators looking to both Americanize and educate immigrant children. American
The first suffrage movement for women’s voting rights was held in Seneca Falls, New York, 1848. The suffrage movement failed and for 50 years suffrage supports educated the public about women’s right to vote. When women started to become more active in the public and tired create clubs, build settlement houses, and reform legislators they were meet with resistances. As a result, of not having any voting power political leaders did not listen to them. A woman by the name of Carrie Chapmen Catt brought women together and formed the National America Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The NAWSA started out by going to individual states to win women’s rights. After achieving victory in several states they went to the White House to get an Amendment passed for their right. By 1910 the NAWSA had more than million members. The other group that helped to win women’s voting right was the National Women’s Party (NWP) lead by Alice Paul. NWP was more of a militant organization and was known to have picketed the White House. With the combined force of the NAWSA and the NWP women won their constitutional right to vote in 1920. Women won the right to vote was one of the most significant achievements accomplished by women in the Progressive. This was also one of the largest extensions of democratic voting right in America. After women won their right they continued working to change the nation for the better. In 1924, Nellie
During this era standardized education became one of many major points. In 1890 only 4% of children enrolled in school by 1930 enrollment increased to 47%. One important progressive educator was John Dewey. John Dewey believed that schools are a place to learn skills, traits, and good habits. In addition, to learning, he also believed that schools are any instrument for creating social changes and reforms. He wrote many books and educated people about the importance of education the school board did not list to him or his followers. A plan that more than 200 city adopted in order to teach children and Americanize immigrant children was the Gary Plan. The Gary Plan would take two platoons; one platoon would learn in a classroom, while the other platoon would be learning outside in shops, nature studies, ect. These two platoons would rotate positions. There would also be night classes for immigrant children to learn to speak and write in English. Teachers and educators are one of the most important part of a school wither they are teaching class under the Gary Plan or in a normal school. Two teacher unions would be formed during this time one is the National Education Association (NEA). The NEA would represent teachers and mobilize them in order to achieve enforce better teaching practices and protect teachers. By 1917 they had also 8,500