This document summarizes the history of the women's suffrage movement. It discusses how the movement began in France in the late 18th century and how Lydia Chapin Taft became the first legal woman voter in America in 1756 under British rule. It describes how women lacked rights and equality with men in areas like jobs and the military. Prominent suffragists like Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony are highlighted for their significant roles and dedication to advocating for women's right to vote. The 19th Amendment was ultimately ratified in 1920 granting women's suffrage nationwide.

1. Womens SuffRAGE
By: Mason “Downtown” Brown

2. History Of The RAGE
• The modern womens suffrage
movement started in France in
the 1780’s and 1790’s where
Antoine Condorcet and
Olympe de Gouges advocated
women's suffrage in national
elections
• In 1756, Lydia Chapin Taft
became the rst legal woman
voter in America. This was
allowed under British rule in
the Massachusetts Colony

3. Why Were They RAGING?
• Women had very little rights other than to
sit in the households and watch the kids
or make sandwiches
• They were looking for equality with men
with such things as jobs or military
• They showed their necessity to be equal or
free by being “Flappers”

4. Flappers (aka RAGERS)
• They were quite against the
norms that associated with
women during the time
• They wore short skirts,
“bobbed” their hair, and
listened to jazz
• The word apper, meaning
young woman, was used in
reference to a young bird
apping its wings while
learning to y

5. Main RAGERS
• While many women of the time seemed to
rage there were few who left a lasting
impression or had a major role in the
RAGE scene
• The following women are here not
because of their cause but because of the
heart and dedication they put into the
cause, yo

6. Alice Paul
• After her graduation from the
University of Pennsylvania, she joined
the National American Women’s
Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and
was appointed Chairwoman of their
Congressional Committee
• Their focus was lobbying for a
amendment to secure the right to vote
for women
• When their lobbying efforts proved to
fail, Paul and her partners formed the
National Women’s Party (NWP) in
1916 and began introducing some of
the methods used by the suffRAGE
movement in Britain

7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• She was an American social activist,
abolitionist, and leading gure of the early
women’s movement
• Before she narrowed her focus almost
exclusively to women's rights, she had
been RAGING as an active abolitionist
together with her husband
• Her position on this issue, together with
her thoughts on organized Christianity and
womens issues beyond voting rights, led to
the formation of two separate women's
rights organizations

8. Susan B. Anthony
• She played a prominent role in the
19th century women’s rights
movement to introduce women’s
suffRAGE into the United States
• She was co-founder of the rst
Women's Temperance Movement with
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• She traveled the United States and
Europe, and averaged 75 to 100
speeches per year
• She was one of the most important
advocates in leading the way for
women's rights to be acknowledged
and instituted in the American
government

9. 19th Amendment
• On August 18th, 1920
the 19th amendment
was rati ed into the
U.S. Constitution
• It gave all U.S. citizens
the right to vote
• Women no longer really
had a reason to RAGE
• They were all stoked
and stuff like my boy
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