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Women's Suffrage
Women’s suffrage refers to the right of women to vote and/or to run for public office. In the 1800s, there were relatively few countries that gave women this right, but that changed in the 1900s.
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What did the suffragettes do to get the right to vote?
The suffragettes were one of the groups that fought for women's rights in Britain. They were known for being more violent and using more publicity stunts such as chaining themselves to railings outside Buckingham palace, or threatening MPs. It was one of their members who was killed by running in front of the royal horse during a race, as a form of protest. They are not to be confused with the suffragists who were a more peaceful group fighting for the same cause. When some of the group saw that peaceful methods were not as immediate in their effect, the formation of the suffragettes was the result.
What issue were people involved in the suffrage movement most concerned with?
Answer this question… Having a voice in government and democracy
Why would Alice Paul be considered suffragists?
They devised a detailed strategy to win the suffrage state by state.
Why did men oppose woman's suffrage?
Because they wanted to keep the power and thought women were dummer then men when it came to politics.
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The men believed that women weren't as important and smart enough to be part of a large decision in the United States. They also believed that women weren't full citizens of the United States.
How did the suffragists help women gain the vote in 1918?
the women that were put in jail helped out because they were on a hunger strike. Once word got out about it it was all over the newspapers. The president had to pass the 19th amendment to get his name off the hate list of his people.
Who is someone who believes in the right to vote called?
Suffrage is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. This can also be called political franchise, or just plain franchise. Suffrage is often used in terms of elections or representatives, but it can also apply to initiatives and referenda.
Deborah Tannen in her book You Just Don't Understandgives some of the differences in Males and Females.
Males <> Females
Focus on status, avoid failure <> Focus on Involvement, avoid isolation.
Focus on Independence <> Focus on Intimacy
Logical-thinkers <> Emotional-feelers
Problem-Solvers <> Gift of Understanding
What effect did ww1 have on the suffragist movement?
Well the Suffrage Movement had already succeeded like 20 years earlier (19th Amendment in 1920), but WWII helped the Equal Rights movement for women because they helped out so much during the war as nurses and they worked in factories and at the other jobs men couldn't fulfill at home that they began to realize that they wanted those freedoms to last.
How did Elizabeth Cady Stanton play a big role in the Women's Suffrage Movement?
She spoke at places on behafe of the Suffragettes
Did the government grant women the right to vote in certain states?
Women can vote in all 50 states, but the ability to vote started on a state by state basis.
Why was the national American women suffrage association so important?
It allows women to put their input into who the president will be. It also allows women to have the same rights as men.
Which political movement influenced Congress to give women the right to vote?
The movement is called Womens' Suffrage.
Read more, below.
What does the Nineteenth Amendment do?
It gave women the right to vote by prohibiting discrimination based on gender.
Who are the most famous British Suffragettes?
The purpose of them was to fight against not letting women vote. A few famous names were Emily Davidson and emmeline pankhurst. They changed the 19th amendment.
The purpose of them was to fight against not letting women vote. A few famous names were Emily Davidson and emmeline pankhurst. They changed the 19th amendment.
The suffragettes consisted of many different unions with the most famous being the WSPU that was founded and headed by the Pankhursts. The suffragettes fought for womens suffrage (rights to vote) through, mainly, the use of violence and crime. Emily Davidson was indeed famous as she threw herself underneath the King's horses in a Derby and her funeral became a suffragette protest.
How did the suffragettes change history?
The fought for and won the political emancipation of women. After their campain women and men had equal voting rites.
Who organized the national women suffrage association?
Emmeline Pankhurst UK Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony organized the US NWSA
When was the first female sheriff elected?
1992...The first two FEMALE SHERIFFS to be ELECTED were Jackie Barrett in Fulton County, Georgia, and Judy Pridgen in Saline County, Arkansas.
Why did conservatives not support womens sufferage?
They believed it went against the natural order of things, and they probably feared losing the opportunities they had to be wives and mothers.
What us universal white male suffrage?
In Britain. It was stated in the 6 demands of the People's Charter document that was signed by over 6 million signatures.
they believed it was unrealistic to demand such a major change
