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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 were two reasons the suffrage movement started making significant gains around 1910?
On 1913 before Wilson's inauguration they march through DC and they started
becoming more organized by influencing lawmakers, having marches, and making speeches in corners.
Updated by: Levi Levitt
What did women to gain support in the nineteenth amendment?
The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended seventy-two years of struggle to secure for women the right to vote. This right was given and the women lobbying to achieve this amendment were successful.
What was Lucy Stone's religion?
A prominent American abolitionist and suffragist. Her religion is Unitarian (originally Congregationalist)
What does the women's suffrage movement have to do with the jazz age?
for years before the jazz age, women had petitioned to get the vote and get more freedom. the work of the womens suffrage movement simply gave more women the courage to get out and enjoy their lives. the jazz age started at the peak of the sucess of the sufragettes - jut as the 20's started. getting the vote was just the start of womens freeedom. now they were allowed to vote, they thought they should become more indipendant. they had more of a social standing. they had the confidence to go out on their own and party!!!
What US Supreme Court cases involve the 19th Amendment?
i hate this stupid website because i asked the question and they asked if i want to answer it like are they serious. this is crazy
What do the experiences of women suffragist teach us?
womens suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. their experiences teach everyone that anything can be accomplished through hard work and perseverence
What kind of jobs were acceptable for women in 1900?
Dressmaking, textiles/fabrics , and domestic service were jobs that were available to women in 1900.
Did queen Victoria like the suffragette movement?
no she hated them used to go beserk at the thought done by ben hr
What is the significance of the seneca falls declaration of sentiments?
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What happened to Rahima Moosa after the women's march?
Rahima Moosa was still very active in the struggle for freedom until the sixties when she was listed and under constant serveillance by the security police. She lived out her days raising her four children to always continue the struggle for freedom. She tought her children and grandchildren to fight for what is right and what they believe in. Not a day went by withouht her always believing that South Africa will be a glorious rainbow nation. Unfortunately she never lived long enough to see that beautiful day when millions stood in line to cast their vote in the first democratic elections in April 1994. Rahima Moosa was my grandmother and I will never ever forget the lessons she tought me about always having the courage to fight for my beliefs and dreams. She was the bravest most fearless woman I knew and only hope to live my life as well as she did. Sherazaad Raima Moosa
Progressive Era.
What 3 strategies were adopted by suffragettes to try and win votes?
First, they tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote.
Second, women pursued court cases to test the 14th Amendment, which declared that states denying their male citizens the right to vote would lose congressional representation.
Third, women pushed for a national constitutional amendment to grant women the vote.
What is an explanation of the concept of uniformitarianism?
The Law of Uniformitarianism states that all phenomena that happen now will have happened in the past and will happen in the future if the conditions are right for that phenomena occurring
for example if water boils at 212 F (100C) under certain atmospheric pressure, the it will always boil at that temperature under the same conditions, and always has boiled at that temperature under the same conditions
What is no longer necessary for the right to vote?
It is no longer necessary to be a man in order to have the right to vote. It is also not necessary to be a white person in order to vote in the United States.
What best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?
To prevent the consumption of any and all alcoholic beverages.
It recognized women as citizens with the right to vote.
How were the pergressive and suffrage movements alike?
The progressive and suffrage movements were both activist movements fighting for equality.
