* by: heather kacie heather * overview of woman’s suffrage susan b. anthony sojourner truth...
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Women form Suffrage Groups• They formed the Nation Women’s
Suffrage Association (NWSA). This was based in New York City.
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• She was very determined to get her point across . Gave 100% in everything she did and didn’t stop until she did.
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Jobs offered to women
• Her first job was a teacher at an all girls school where she later became principal
Women’s rights
• Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women registered to vote on November 1, 1872 a week later went to vote and were arrested
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• Sojourner was a tall muscular woman with a commanding voice who towered over most men and women.
•Men often challenged her femininity and
once caused her to bare her breasts in
public.
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“And ain’t I a woman?”
“...And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man- when I could get it- and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman?...”
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• Susan B. Anthony [Online] Available
• http://www.gale.com/gale/cwh/anthons/html, 10-23-98
• About Susan B. Anthony’s life
• One 100 years towards Woman’s Suffrage [Online] Available
• http://icweb2.loc.gov/ammen/nawstime.html, 10-23-98
• About women’s suffrage and women’s movement, and how women fought for their rights.
• Sojourner Truth [Online] Available
• http://www.gale.com/gale/cwh/truths/html, 10-23-98
• It includes an outline of the life and ways of Sojourner Truth.
• Sojourner Truth [Online] Available
• http://library.advanced.org/10320/Truth.htm, 10-23-98
• A short biography of Sojourner Truth’s life
•Darlene Clark Hine. “Black Women In America.” Brooklyn, NY:•Carlson Publishing Inc., 1993•This included a detailed description of Sojourner Truth’s life.
•Miriam Sagan. “Woman’s Suffrage.” San Diego, CA:•Lucent Books, 1995•This was a dictionary type that stated interesting facts about Susan B. Anthony’s life.
•James Truslow. “Dictionary of US History.” New York, NY:•Adams Sons, 1940•This dictionary explained many interesting facts about women’s movement, women’s suffrage, and the 19th Amendment