BELLWORK

3-4 Sentences in your notebook: What problem are you going to do for

your children’s book? Why was this a problem? How was it fixed? (be as specific as possible).

THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

1848 19201869 1917

Declaration of Sentiments

NWSA Formed

NWP Formed

19th Amendment

Women fight the battle for suffrage as states begin to give women the right to vote

Seneca Falls Convention-1848

•In 1848 women gathered in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss the role of women in society

• Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments

•Another notable member of the meeting was Frederick Douglass

1848

Rochester

Seneca Falls

Declaration of Sentiments- 1848“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed (given) by their Creator with certain inalienable (permanent) rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure (protect) these rights governments are instituted (created), deriving (receiving) their just powers from the consent (permission) of the governed.” • Modeled after Declaration of Independence,

adding WOMEN

1869

National Woman Suffrage Association- 1869

•Created by Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton it was created to promote an amendment to the Constitution for equal rights under law for women

•In this same year women in the state of Wyoming were given the right to vote, it was the first state to do so.

1917

National Woman’s Party and WWI

•Fought for the right to vote

•Founded by Alice Paul in 1917

•WWI led to an increase need for women to fill the shoes of men who went off to war. This raised public awareness of the important role women played as citizens.

1919

The 19th Amendment• President Woodrow Wilson passed the amendment in 1919. Women could then vote in the National Presidential Election of 1920.

•It read:

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Important Figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia MottSusan B. Anthony

Alice Paul

Carrie Chapman Catt

Poster Project

Each group will become an “expert” on one important figure. Your group will then design a poster complete with pictures and words about the person. Each poster must include:a) The person’s nameb) When they lived (date of birth/date of death)c) What their contribution to women’s suffrage

wasd) The significance of their contribution

EXIT SLIP

Who do you believe was the most important person from the Women’s Suffrage Movement?

Why is this person the most important?