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VO: Did you know that women havent always had the rights that
VO: Women havent always had the right to vote. Women were not
took nearly 100 years for women to win the right to vote!
VO: Women felt that all people should be treated equal, no matter
what their race or gender is. So, they fought for suffrage, also
in 1915.
Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell. The American Women Suffrage
support the 15th Amendment since they werent given the right to
vote. In 1894, the NWSA and the AWSA merged together and became
the NAWSA. Their goal was to get the 19th Amendment passed.
VO: Alice Paul played a big role in the time of women suffrage.
She was imprisoned 3 times for her strong acts for women
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the basis of gender. This Equal Rights Amendment has never been
ratified.
inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
Three are holding up signs, the other three are not. They are
EQUAL!
*CHANTING STOPS*
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CHANTING!
VO: The first convention for womens rights was in Seneca Falls,
VO: On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was signed, granting
women the right to vote. The text of the 19th Amendment states
that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
account of sex.
VO: Another event that women played a big part in was the
Temperance Movement.
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in 1874.
VO: One woman was especially famous for her outrageous acts for
temperance. Her name is Carry Nation, and she was famous for
going into bars and saloons with a hatchet and smashing bottles
and bottles and glasses and it was astonishing how quickly this
VO: The WCTU thought that alcohol was the main cause of social
the United States. They felt that immigrants were more prone to
succeed in life.
VO: The WCTU was concerned about removing poverty. They felt that
the best way to remove poverty was from the absence of alcohol.
This philosophy meant that the WCTU campaigned for local, state,
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VO: The WCTU was against tobacco. The WCTU formed the Department
for the Overthrow of the Tobacco Habit- also known as DOTH. The
VO: Two years after the WCTU was formed, the International
bar/saloon. The 3 men are standing talking, and then the women
GIRL 1: Were here to tell you men to PUT THE DRINKS DOWN!
VO: Women didnt always have the job and education opportunities
that they have today. There was a time when women got serious
about how they were treated in the economy compared to men- this
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careers.
VO: Women did not start going to college in equal numbers as men
education.
house clean, prepare the food, make sure that the children are
behaving, and make sure that the servants are doing their job.
VO: Jean- Jacques Rousseau believed that women should play their
More higher paying jobs were provided for women in the 1900s.
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VO: In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first American woman to
America.
nurse.
VO: I hope you are more educated about womens rights and history