Women Making Progress

Beginning in the late 1800s, women Click to edit Master subtitle style began yearning to expand their roles in the community Reasons: Womens Colleges were founded Women joined the workforce
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Reform Movements
Womens Christian Temperance Union Click to edit Master subtitle style

(WCTU), 1870s National Association of Colored Women (NACW), 1899 founded by Ida B. Wells National Consumers League (NCL), 1899 founded by Florence Kelly Womens Trade Union League (WTUL), 1899 founded by Florence Kelly
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Womens Suffrage
Women, known as Suffragists because they were suffering for their cause, argued that the right to vote would protect their families, promote education and help families strive for success. Women were jailed, and endured hunger strikes, forced feedings, beatings and disease to fight for their right to vote

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Women fighting for the Cause

Carrie Chapman Catt
President of the National American Woman Suffrage

Association(NAWSA) in 1900
Lobbied Congress and State legislatures to pass an

amendment to allow women to vote

Alice Paul
Formed the National Womans Party (NWP) in 1917 Marched with picket signs to the White House

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Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law

June to edit Master subtitle measure Click 1919-Congress approvedstyle to ratify the Constitution to allow women to vote August 18, 1920- Constitution was ratified and the Nineteenth Amendment became official stating that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. 4/27/12

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1.Click to edityour speech in a seven (7) Summarize Master subtitle style word response 2. Create and present a 24 second speech as if your group was the person who wrote it
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