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Who is Carrie Chapman Catt and how did she help with Women's Rights?
She was an educator and newspaper editor that helped with women's voting rights by joining the NAWSA.(National American Woman Association)
What was the 21st amendment and why did it get passed?
The 21st Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment, ending the nationwide ban on alcohol (Prohibition) due to its failure to curb drinking, rampant organized crime fueled by illegal liquor, widespread corruption, and negative economic impacts, with public opinion shifting against the costly and ineffective ban by the Great Depression.
What methods did women use to bring about social reform?
Many women supported and staffed libraries, schools, and settlement houses. A few also helped working class people, immigrants, and a society as a whole. Some also raised money for charities and sponsored laws to regulate labor of both women and children. CBLD was a group that worked for reforms and food and medicine industries. Women put pressure on on legislators and congress to accept there request and show them how unfair women's rights were.
Who is Susan B. Anthony and how did she help with women's rights?
She worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the NAWSA and was named its president when Stanton resigned.
What was the 18th amendment and why did it get passed?
the 18th Amendment prohibited people from making or selling alcohol. Women passed this amendment should be passed because it was causing breakups of families crime and alcohol abuse.
How did opportunities change for women during the Progressive Era?
The lives of Middle-class women changed a lot in the late 1800s. Women gained free time as technology made housework easier. More middle-class women began to seek higher education. About 40% of college students in 1910 were women. Many educated women became teachers but some also worked in nursing or other fields.
Who is Julia Tutwiler and what was her impact on woman's rights?
Julia Tutwiler is a woman who fought for white women to be able to go to the University of Alabama to become an educator.
What was the 19th amendment and why did it get passed?
The 19th amendment was the amendment that allowed women to vote. Women thought it was unfair just for men to vote.
Suffragist
A person who fought women's rights and women's rights to vote.
Who was Jane Adams and what did she do for women's rights.
She set up the hull house and the Chicago settle house. She became a Pioneer in the new field of Social Work/Reform.
How are the 18th and 21st amendments similar?
The 21st amendment is just the reversed version of the 18th. It allows Americans to sell, make, or transport alcohol to and from the USA.
Prohibition
The laws that ban making or selling alcohol.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and what did she do for women's rights?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped organize a women's rights convention in 1848. She also helped found the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 and was named its president.
What year did the 19th amendment go into effect?
After 3/4 of the states had ratified it, the 19th amendment went into effect in 1920.
What does "New Woman" mean?
Educated modern women who persuade interest outside their homes.