History of women's suffrage in the early 20th Century.

1. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE

2. BEGINNINGS
1848: Seneca Falls Convention – the first
women’s rights convention in the US
calls for women’s suffrage.
Prominent supporters:
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Abolitionist turned
suffragist and prohibitionist. “Declaration of
Sentiments” at Seneca Falls marks the
beginning of the suffrage movement.
 Susan B. Anthony: Abolitionist turned
suffragist. Founder of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. 19th Amendment
commonly known as the “Anthony
Amendment.”

3. BEGINNINGS (CONT.)
Alliances with temperance
movements and labor unions
propel women’s suffrages to
early success in western states.
 Wyoming: 1869
 Utah: 1870
 Washington: 1910
 California: 1911
 Oregon, Kansas, Arizona: 1912
Question: Why do you think they
experienced success in the West?

4. Green: Full Suffrage
Orange: Presidential Suffrage
Purple: Primary suffrage
Yellow; Municipal Suffrage
Light blue: School, tax, or bond
suffrage
Dark red: Some municipal
suffrage

5. Anti-Suffrage
Cartoons

10. SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATIONS
NAWSA: National American Women Suffrage
Association. Largest, most prominent
organization for suffrage.
 Headed by Carrie Chapman Cat
 Cooperates with the war effort – Council of National
Defense.
NWP: National Woman’s Party. Militant group
dedicated to suffrage. Hunger strikes in front of
the White House.
 Force fed during hunger strike.
NYSAOWS: New York Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage. Most prominent anti-suffrage
group.

11. THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT
Amendment first introduced in
1878.
WWI accelerates suffrage movement
 Entry of women in to workforce
 Increased role of women in society
 Some suffragists object to war; many
help the war effort.
August 18, 1920: Tennessee the
final state to approve the
amendment – 1920 is the first
Presidential election in which every
woman of age can vote.

12. REVIEW!
Answer the following questions:
What is the NAWSA? Who were the founders and
leaders?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention? What is its
importance?
What is the NWP? How did they differ from the
NAWSA?
Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?
What amendment extended suffrage to women?
When was it passed?