The Extreme History Project in partnership with the Museum of the Rockies, celebrates the centennial of woman's suffrage in Montana with a reading and discussion of the book One Woman, One Vote. This study guide offers questions to consider for chapters 5 - 9. The book reading will culminate on December 4th with a screening of the PBS Experience film One Woman, One Vote and a panel discussion of the past, present and future of the Woman's Movement. Join us 6 pm, December 4th at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana

1. One Woman, One Vote
Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement
Study Guide 2
Covering Chapters 5 - 9
Questions to Consider Chapter 5  What were the New Departure suffragists arguing already enfranchised women to vote and why?  How are voters still being disfranchised today? Chapter 6  Why were The Western Territories a prime location to test woman's suffrage?  How was woman's suffrage used to attract settlers and investors to the west?  How did the completion of the cross-continental Railroad in 1869 impact the woman's suffrage movement? Chapter 7  What traditional Christian beliefs prevented the WCTU from supporting woman's suffrage prior to 1880?  What did Home Protection mean to the WCTU suffrage supporters?  How did the WCTU use the concepts of Home Protection, True Woman and True Man to sway WCTU women to support women stepping into the public spheres? Chapter 8  How were black women disfranchised even after the passing of the 19th amendment?  How did racism play a role in the woman's suffrage movement?  How was white supremacy used to garner support for approval of woman's suffrage in the southern states?  Why were black women considered to bear "double the burden" that white women suffered?
Chapter 9
 How did the Massachusetts referendum of 1985 affect the national campaign for woman's suffrage?
 What was The Society Plan and how was it implemented in Denver to see woman's suffrage passed in 1893?
 What new traditions grew out of 'the suffrage renaissance' that made the suffrage movement more acceptable to general society?