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    Shortfalls of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Allie Castino Simmons College One of the most important results of social policy movements in the United States was the ratification of the 19th Amendment securing a woman’s right to vote in 1920. This law was hard-won and was instituted during a period (1905-1920)‚ as Jansson notes (2011)‚ when significant reforms for women‚ children‚ and workers were enacted in a relatively short amount of time. These reforms included guaranteeing better

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    Ruby Wu AMH 2020; M‚W Professor D. Bartha Women’s Suffrage In 2005‚ it was the 85th anniversary of the nineteenth Amendment; the right to vote for American women‚ whether black‚ or white. While Abigail Adams quoted “Remember the ladies‚” on 1776 in her letter to her husband‚ John Adams‚ it was also the same year that the Declaration of Independence was written with the words “all men are created equal.” Women’s suffrage began during the early twentieth century and it was disrupted during the

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    Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment The 19th amendment was a huge part in American history. It was one of the first accomplishments for feminism and really got the ball rolling with women fighting for their rights. New American Citizens should learn about the 19th amendment and the suffragettes because it made a huge impact on feminism‚ was a large step for American women‚ and changed history forever. The 19th amendment made a large impact on women and our history. This amendment says “The

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    Following the victory of the Suffrage movement with the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920 many in the women’s movement were left wondering‚ what’s next? Suffrage was the attainment of a goal of generations of women‚ and with its passage‚ to paraphrase Plutarch‚ what worlds were left to be conquered? Writing in the Historian‚ Peter Geidel states that it was at this point that the women’s movement splintered into schools: The Social Feminists and the Feminists”. According to Geidel

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    The book‚ Beyond Suffrage; Women in the New Deal‚ presents the role of women in the 1930’s in a much different light than many people think of it. The goal of this book is to enlighten the reader as to what role women played in politics during the New Deal. Because of it’s broad view I have taken several specific examples from the book and elaborated on them in order to give you a better understanding. The author‚ Susan Ware‚ begins by laying the groundwork for the women’s network. During

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    seem that the vote was nearing closer by the end of the era. First of all‚ source 18 is showing that people were giving up on the vote and the suffrage campaign because it seemed as if nothing was going to happen and that the ’dead period of the movement begun ’. For a long period of time‚ no bills or laws had been passed on the issue of women ’s suffrage and even when elected MP John Stuart Mill proposed to change the word ’man ’ to ’person ’ in 1867 it was rejected by parliament. This seemed

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    The Feminist Movement Feminism is a struggle against sexist oppression. The feminist movement is how women’s rights and status in the world have changed over the years. Series of campaigns were done for issues such as‚ reproductive rights‚ equal pay‚ sexual violence‚ domestic violence and many more. The movement is separated into 3 waves; the first‚ the second and the third. The First Wave The first wave is based on women’s suffrage during the 19th-early 20th centuries. In Britain‚ the Suffragists

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    Cold Revenge During the early twentieth century there were some elements which include what the women’s suffrage movement was all about. Life in the rural Midwest of the century was a lonely‚ difficult‚ and depressing way of life…….. The twentieth century was difficult for women. Bailey L. McDaniel states‚ “The isolation and despondency with which Glaspell characterizes Minnie Wright ’s existence is not far from the reality that many farmers would have experienced‚ with no telephones or televisions

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    asking her to come home from the prison and leave behind the women leading the suffrage movement‚ her only response was to ask about her daughters. Senator Leighton replied that they missed her dearly and that he wanted to bring Emily home for the girls’ sake. Emily retorted‚ “They are the only reason I am here”. This quote demonstrates the point of view that women of the upper-class had during the movement for women’s suffrage. Emily lived an extremely comfortable lifestyle with little other worries

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    because of persistence. Women’s suffragists of the early 1900’s understood the need to be resolute for the sake of their deprived right to vote. When World War I began in 1914‚ many suffrage organizations drifted their attention to supporting the war exertion‚ yet some suffragists remained to carry on the fight for suffrage. The ongoing fighters’ rises and downfalls during the WWI were displayed through the violence at their protests and their later imprisonment. As a woman suffragist‚ one had to accept

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