Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

The Seneca Falls Convention

• When was the Seneca Falls Convention?

• What did the Seneca Falls Convention launch?

• Where was the conference held?

• What divisions occurred within women’s suffrage campaigners after the Seneca Falls Convention during the 19th century?

The Seneca Falls Convention

• 1848

• New York

• Launched the feminist campaign

• Women suffrage activists were split on whether African American males or women should be allowed the vote first

• African American males were given priority within the 14th and 15th Amendments

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• When was she alive?

• Which convention did she take part in?

• What was she a prominent campaigner of?

• When did she become the first president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

(1815 - 1902)

Took part in the 1848 Seneca Fall Convention

Prominent campaigner for the abolishment of slavery

Became the first president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association in 1890.

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

The Seneca Falls Convention

• When was the Seneca Falls Convention?

• What did the Seneca Falls Convention launch?

• Where was the conference held?

• What divisions occurred within women’s suffrage campaigners after the Seneca Falls Convention during the 19th century?

The Seneca Falls Convention

• 1848

• New York

• Launched the feminist campaign

• Women suffrage activists were split on whether African American males or women should be allowed the vote first

• African American males were given priority within the 14th and 15th Amendments

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• When was she alive?

• Which convention did she take part in?

• What was she a prominent campaigner of?

• When did she become the first president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

(1815 - 1902)

Took part in the 1848 Seneca Fall Convention

Prominent campaigner for the abolishment of slavery

Became the first president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association in 1890.

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Susan B Anthony

• When was she alive?

• What was she a prominent campaigner of?

• Which Amendment was she heavily involved in?

• How was she heavily involved in this Amendment?

• When was this Amendment passed?

  Year and in terms of her lifespan

• How would she be honoured?

Susan B Anthony

(1820-1906)

Campaigner for women, abolishment of slavery and the temperance movement

In 1878, she presented a proposed constitutional amendment to Congress which would give women the right to vote

Congress would pass the “Susan B Anthony Amendment” in her honour

This is the 19th Amendment and was introduced in 1920 (14 years after he death)

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Carrie Chapman Catt

• When was she alive?

• When did she become the president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association?

• What strategy did she take?

• How did Catt use WW1 to advance her campaign for women’s suffrage?

Carrie Chapman Catt

(1859-1947)

Became president of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in 1915

Strategy was for women to focus on a constitutional amendment as a primary goal

By actively cooperating with the war effort, she involved herself in the winning of sympathy for women’s suffrage

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

Alice Paul

• When was she alive?

• What religious group did she belong to?

  How might this influence her campaign for women’s suffrage?

• What methods did she favour in order to obtain the vote?

• How had her travels impacted her campaign methods for women’s suffrage?

• Which two major campaigns for women’s suffrage did Alice Paul initiate?

• How successful were these campaigns?

Alice Paul

(1885-1977)

American Quaker - a religious group who believed in non-violence

Tended to non-violent and courageous campaign methods for women’s suffrage

Had returned to the US from Britain where she had been part of the militant wing of the suffrage movement. She had been jailed in Britain and endured forced feedings after going on hunger strikes.

Initiated two major campaigns for women’s suffrage:

1. 3rd March 1913: first suffragist parade in Washington DC

2. 10th January 1917: “Silent Sentinels” - members of the National Women’s Party protested silently in front of the White House during Wilson’s presidency

These campaigns were successful and resulted in the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Topic 4, Lesson 3: How did American women achieve the franchise?

National American Woman Suffrage Association

• When was the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) founded?

• What was NAWSA set up to advocate for?

• Who was the first president of NAWSA?

• How many members did NAWSA have when it was set up?

• How many members did NAWSA have at its’ peak?

• Which other feminist movement was NAWSA making closer links with by 1909?

• Who joined NAWSA in 1910?

  When did this person break away from NAWSA?

  Why did she break away from NAWSA?

  Which rival group did this person form?

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

• Founded 18th February 1890 to advocate in favour of women's suffrage

• Elizabeth C Stanton was NAWSA’s first president

• NAWSA played a pivotal role in the passing of the 19th Amendment

• Membership was around 7,000 at the time that NAWSA was founded

  This quickly grew to 2 million members

• By 1909, NAWSA was organising public rallies and making closer links with the suffragette movement in Britain

• In 1910, Alice Paul joined NAWSA after returning from Britain

• Paul broke away from NAWSA in 1916 due to internal divisions

• Alice Paul would go on to form the rival group to NAWSA: the National Women’s Party

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National Woman’s Party

• When was the National Woman’s Party formed?

• Who formed the National Woman’s Party?

• What would the National Woman’s Party become increasingly known for?

National Women’s Party was formed in 1916 by Alice Paul

The National Women’s Party would act as a rival to the larger National American Woman Suffrage Association

The National Women’s Party became increasingly known for its more radical activities that were dramatic and confrontational.