19TH AMENDMENT AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

VOCABULARY Suffrage: the rights of women to be equal with men and have the right to

vote Suffragist: women who demonstrated for Women’s Suffrage NAWSA: National Women’s Suffrage Association 19th Amendment: Gave women the right to vote in 1919. Women voted for

the first time in 1920.

AFTER WORLD WAR ONE In 1920 women comprised 23.6% of the labor force. During WWI, while men were at war, women took the place of men at their

jobs. Some jobs were dangerous and included conductors of trams or buses, working on farms, engineering jobs, in highly dangerous munitions industries, and there was a high demand of women to do heavy lifting such as unloading coal, stocking furnaces, and building strips.

After WWI, more jobs opened up for women. These jobs included teachers, secretaries, typists, nurses, and

seamstresses.

The American Federation of Labor did not support the working woman. It did not want women competing for men’s jobs.

The main jobs that were thought of as “feminine” were nursing and teaching. This all changed in the 1920’s.

Even when the first generation of college educated women entered professions in the 1920s, they found opportunities only in the professions above such as nursing, teaching, social work, and medicine.

IMAGE CHANGED…FLAPPER The image of flappers were young women who went to jazz clubs where

they danced and smoked. They rode bicycles and drove cars. Women also played sports and women’s baseball became popular in the

1920’s.

19TH AMENDMENT Gave the right to vote to women Ratified on August 18, 1920 Boosted women’s confidence Women took on a new role in society; they voiced their opinion.

NAWSA National American Women Suffrage Association

FAMOUS WOMEN IN THE MOVEMENT

ALICE PAUL She was a leader in the suffragist movement. She was a key voice with the passage of the 19th Amendment. She advocated for the passage of an Equal Rights Amendment. In her fight for women’s right she was jailed. She also picketed and protested in front of the White House.

ALICE PAUL

LUCY BURNS Lucy Burns worked with Alice Paul. Together they were jailed a lot together. They both formed the National Women’s Party. Between 1913 and 1920, Alice and her were very significant leaders in this

movement. Alice and her took on a very different approach to this movement than

some others; they were very militant.

LUCY BURNS

SUSAN B. ANTHONY As a child, she was told she could not attend math class; all she needed to

do was know how to count egg money. She came from a family who was active in activist traditions including

slavery. Early in her life she developed a sense of justice. She dedicated her life to women’s suffrage. She lectured, and traveled across the country for the vote. She campaigned also for the abolition of slavery, the right for women to

own their own property and retain their earnings, and she advocated for women’s labor organziations.

She is one of the most well known women to support suffrage.

SUSAN B ANTHONY

JEANETTE RANKIN She became the first woman elected to Congress in the state of Montana. She helped pass the 19th Amendment.

REBECCA LATIMER She was the first woman in the Senate. She served just one day in the Senate. She was also 87 years old. She was the only woman to serve in the Senate from the state of Georgia.

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT Carrie Chapman Catt was educated at a young age. She graduated at the top of her class. She also campaigned for women’s suffrage and worked to get the 19th

Amendment passed. She also played a vital role in the NAWSA.

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT