mood the film creates. An example of the distressful mood is when the suffragists refuse to eat when they go to prison. This shows how passionate and distressed the suffragists are to get the 19th amendment passed‚ which would give women the right to vote. The films message‚ which is the hardships and adversity women had to withstand to get the 19th amendment passed‚ is effectively portrayed because the struggle the suffragists faced is accurately and beautifully depicted. As a tool of communication
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is this contagious feeling among women suffragists that hold them together through various difficulties. For example‚ Alice Paul’s public demonstration for women’s voting right eventually even gained the support in the passage of Nineteenth Amendment. When one of the suffragist fell down because of extreme fatigue‚ when public parade and demonstration is physically disturbed by males‚ when suffragists are being force-fed in the prison‚ none of the suffragists budged on their stands‚ instead‚ they
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existing gender roles and fear of change‚ which suffragists had to combat through reasoning and persistence.
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support for women’s suffrage. As I took my seat inside the Tennessee House‚ my eyes slowly made a circle about the room. Under my breath‚ I counted–I counted the red and yellow roses displayed on the lapels of the legislators. Red and yellow. Anti-suffragists
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Party was not always the coherent narrative we recognize today. With each passing generation‚ different groups have appropriated the public memory of the Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor to forward their own agendas. Specifically‚ women’s suffragists throughout
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for example‚ they got themselves arrested‚ they went on hunger strikes while in prison‚ they tried to get noticed by the media and many more. Some of the main things that really helped women get the vote were The Suffragists‚ The Suffragettes‚ Legislation and War Effort. The suffragists used peaceful tactics when they protested and showed men that they could be responsible unlike the Suffragettes who used violent methods to try and get noticed by everyone. The War Effort also helped women gain the
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“Woman’s Suffrage (Not Universal Suffrage)” by Ann Gordon is a historical analysis of the process white women suffragists followed and how race played a more prevalent role than one has thought of before. White women’s demands for suffrage date back to the mid-19th century‚ starting with women speaking at constitutional conventions and state legislatures. Suffragist organizations such as the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Women’s Suffrage Association (AWSA) were created
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their rights despite preconceived notions that women have no need to be involved in politics. It was the final straw for women and they were willing to do all in their power to be enfranchised. Rather than dwell on the what they couldn’t do‚ the suffragists moved forward and did all in their power to achieve their rights. They decided their efforts were worth more than any hardship that they would encounter. Women would no longer stand for the male population to disregard their right over themselves
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Britain took hold of the country in the 1860’s. Women (over the age of 30) finally won the vote in 1918- although historians are still debating over what was the main cause of women gaining the vote: the militant suffragettes‚ the more peaceful suffragists or World War One. Many women who wanted the right to vote had put their faith in the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and local trade unions. Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst (mother and daughter) were key parts of the suffrage movement. In
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ability to be better educated and get involved in politics. However‚ this view that the "New Women" was the only factor that contributed to women getting the vote is untrue. Women began their own campaigns in order to get the vote. This included the Suffragists and the Suffragettes as both organisations were tired of being ignored and seen as "undeserving"of the vote. Furthermore‚ another addition to the factors is the "Reward Theory". Women during World War 1 became greatly involved in helping Britain
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