Women's Suffrage Vocabulary and Strategies
a ceremonial induction into office
What is an Inauguration
an attempt to dissuade others from going in, but it can also be done to draw public attention to a cause.
What is Protest
This woman organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
These are the ways that women Increased Public Awareness to the movement (2 ways)
What is Public Speaking and selling merchandise with women's voting rights sayings
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
What is Picketing
to make a change to a law
What is Amend
This woman helped organize an enormous suffrage parade
Who is Alice Paul
What event did the women use the tactic of Protest at?
What is Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration
women were trying to persuade members of Congress to vote in favor of an amendment
What is Lobby
Partner with like minded people and groups to name the goals of the movement
What is Assemble and Organize
Alice Paul helped found what Women's Suffrage group?
National Women's Party
Why was the event at the Seneca Falls Convention Important?
What is the Declaration of Sentiments, where Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocated for more women's rights. Only the right to vote DID NOT pass
a person advocating that the right to vote be extended to more people, especially to women.
What is a Suffragist
Raise awareness by disrupting the lives of those who still won't budge
What is Protest
The women of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) used this tactic when Lobbying politicians
What is the Front Door Lobby
The women of the National Women's Party (NWP) used this tactic when Lobbying politicans?
What is the Deadly Political Index
Access the media, engage in public speaking, and create easily recognizable symbols
What is Increase Public Awareness
seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue.
What is Lobbying
What is the tactic of Front Door Lobbying?
What is being kind, courteous, and the women got to know the politicians and office staff on a personal level
Describe the Deadly Political Index tactic of lobbying
What is having 22 index cards with personal information on politicians who were for or against suffrage. This included who politicians met with and when.