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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 was Josephine Marshall Jewell Dodge's view on women's suffrage?
She was opposed to it. She was a part of NAOWS, National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage.
If you mean the suffragist Lucy Stone, yes she married Henry Blackwell but never took his last name-a radical notion at the time.
Were the suffragettes organized?
Yes, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) played a key part in organising their campaigns.
What would happen if the 19th amendment didnt exsit?
If we didn't have the 19th Amendment then women wouldn't have the right to vote and would still be stuck at home doing "women's work". Which is taking care of the children and her husband's needs. There also wouldn't be a woman's influence in politics and government...maybe that would be a good thing...I don't know! :)
However, I doubt women would have gotten along for this for much longer...that is why we have the 19th Amendment...they were completely fed up and I don't blame them
What did each of the voting rights act achieve?
They paved the way for African Americans to run for political office.
Why did the WCTU support the cause of women's suffrage?
If all women could vote, they wanted more Prohibitation
What would giving women the right to vote do to politics?
The women's suffrage movement that finally led to their right to vote gave politics a broader span of "voices" on election issues. Generally speaking, it took Western nations some time before women were given the rights they were entitled too. In the US, the 19th amendment of 1920 gave women their voting rights. By comparison it took the UK until 1928 to give women the same rights that American women had.
What amendment to the US Constitution provided for women suffrage?
The 19th amendment provided for women's suffrage. Proposed in 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920 , it guaranteed women the right to vote. (or at least not to be treated differently than men as far as voting qualifications)
There is a link below to an article on women's suffrage.
Who were Caroline nortons children?
Caroline Norton had three boys.
Her eldest son was Fletcher Sheridan who died of tuberculosis in 1859.
Her second son was Brinsley Norton and the third son was William Charles Norton who unfortunately died after a riding accident in 1842.
Susan B. Anthony spelled woman as womyn Why did she spell it like that?
The spelling of "woman" or "women" as womyn is an alternative spelling used by some feminists to symbolize that they are independent from "men".
It is doubtful whether Susan B. Anthony or early feminists would have used this spelling, and certainly did not use it exclusively. (There is a modern private trust using Anthony's name that employs the spelling.)
Who in the women's suffrage movement traveled across America to organize volunteers?
Carrie Chapman catt
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Was the 19th amendment to the US constitution considered a progressive amendment?
Yes because it guranteed the right to vote to all American citizens..regardless of sex.
In which year the women in France won the right to vote?
French women could not vote until 1944. Relatively late for a civilised country.
