MODERN WOMEN
Antis
Wanted to stop the eradication of suffrage Women were represented by their husbands at the voting table Factories- didn't want progressive movements taken South- didn't want the black population to grow of voting Came down to Tennessee: came down to one representative: Harry- influenced by his mother WOMEN GET TO VOTE YAY August 18, 1920
New Woman
When the VA ended Middle class and high class women who were independent and educated They wanted in the public sphere Supports charities and political and economical advances Not out to party JANE ADDAMS Suffrage- the right to vote
Domesticity
Women as keepers of the home Providing a moral centerpiece Elevated position- a special role Fundamental piece of their social identity Children and husband Honors women, but can be sifilling No options- all women are told to do this one type of life.
Flapper
young women who came of age were out for personal rebellion Challenged older standards Short dresses- legs and arms out Move around more freely (showed when they danced) VA= long hair, flappers= short hair (freeing) Makeup, smoked, jazz clubs, drove cars, and drank Dance close to men who they weren't their husbands Threatening to peoples values- states charged women fines for short dresses, accused for acting like men, just liked to have fun Catt- independent minded was not the same as a flapper
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Alice Paul said this wasn't the end of the road Wanted to be even more equality- employment and education and such "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US and every place subject to its jurisdiction" Everyone disapproved of this. WHY? It would take away the womens law already in place. The ones that gave women the benefits such as shorter hours, no night shifts, no heavy lifting Progressives stated this was classist- saying this was not helping the working woman but only the rich women NEVER recieved enough votes to ratify
National Woman's Party (NWP)
Alice Paul's new party Different: 1: more radial and confrontational More in your face and not ladylike 2: constitutional amendment Not state by state like NAWSA Women would never get the vote if it went by state by state so they needed national action These women during the election of the 1916 picketed the white house and held signs to protest Women were arrested and released for bad forces while in jail (wilson releases them because of the media backlash) Wilson was always worried about bad press and thought the womens movement would help with good press and his daughter helped Finally came out as a supporter of the women's suffrage movement His support helped make the movement for the new amendment By this time, 17 states already had women voting.
Victorian Era
Comes from the reign of queen Victoria In power until 1901 During the VA- women and mens roles were clearly defined
Alice Paul
Hunger strike?? Thought they were very effective Joins NAWSA Restless- wants to do something big to get everyones attention Plans the march on Washington Scheduled the day before Woodrow Wilsons Anug. Lots of women and men march (still had VA views) Had to be protected by the national guard Gets lots of attention- but where that is, there is controversy Black women want to march to- puts them at the back to march together Start to create a tension between Alice Paul and NAWSA Opposed Wilson in the election of 1916 "Wilson kept us out of suffrage"
Birth Control
Lets talk about sex Atlanta monthly- sex o'clock in America Pre-material sex Women having children fell- birth control Illegal during the 1800s Turning point in WWI- men came back with STDS Government started a campaign because of this for birth control 1918 condoms were legal Common to talk about birth control
Separate Spheres
Like domesticity- one sphere= the home (domestic sphere for women) second sphere= the public sphere (worker, money and finance, politics, law and order for men) Hard for women to live up to this sphere ideas. Middle class and high class only Immigrant women and poor women had to work outside the home. 1/4 of only for work for these women compared to men Terrible to work as a woman (gives brith on the floor of favorites)
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Main helper of the women's suffrage movement Goes from the old generation to the new generation Susan B. Anthony- she stepped down as president and gave it to Carrie Catt
Suffrage
New women went out for this Women were to fragile or ignorant to vote 1848- right to vote started Didn't achieve much until the early 1920s
Carrie Chapman Catt
president of NAWSA during the most important years Until 1920 Strategy- respectful and ladylike Not agressive, she just wanted to win over the men. Played on the gender roles Women were different than men- so they need their own vote Because the are more moral, they can clean up society Good at order- we can keep the cities as well Second strategy- racial predejuce. If women were to vote, there would be more white voters Immigrants shouldn't vote- give it to the women State by state basis Wyoming passes it frist Colorado, Utah, and Idaho second Why the west first? Because there were so few women there, so the vote would draw women to the west 1910-1914 intensed their want for women's right to vote Washington, Oregon, montana next Illinois- first east of the Mississippi Liked Wilson- supported him
Margaret Sanger
wanted to help women who were born and were dying because of home done abortions Women rebel- what every girl should know with basic sex tips To avoid arrest- goes to England where she learns more about brith control Opens the first birth control clinic- 400 women come to get information in the 9 days it was open Working class women, immigrants, poor women wanted to IS essentially the founder of planned parenthood Critics- 1: promoted abortion (not true as much) Thought it was okay in some cases, but she didn't support it. She mostly want to help women who didn't want to have more children and hoped birth control would stop abortions. 2: Eugenics- preventing the procreation of the unfit. She built clinics in poor areas
