Introduction
What main street in Chicago were women parading down campaigning for women's suffrage?
Michigan Ave
From The Agitator, what does, “healthy agitation precedes all true reform,” mean?
In order to create change, peaceful protests must be used
Why were women invited to the Republican National Convention in 1880? Were they allowed to participate in the political process?
No, they were not. to fill empty seats, wave handkerchiefs, and clap our hands when they say smart things.
marches, parades, automobile tours, plays
What was Wells' response to her friends being lynched in Memphis
Organizing the city trolley boycott
Which president were women peacefully picketing/protesting against asking "How long do you advise us to wait?"
Wilson
What was the controversy about when Mary Livermore decided to call her paper, The Agitator?
Men felt that she should title it something more mild
Who were the women who were against suffrage? Why were they against it?
Upper-class white women. They already had everything they needed and didn't see the need to vote
Describe the automobile tours. How did the news portray these events?
The women would pull into towns to garner support for their cause. A vocalist sang to draw a crowd and suffragists gave speeches and passed out pamphlets.
Some reporters called suffragists “militant” and “invaders.” Tours also received favorable accounts and stirred support for suffrage.
What year did women get the right to vote in Illinois?
1913
Why wasn't Naomi Bowman Talbert credited for her work?
Because she was a woman of color
What was the Home vs. Saloon fight about?
Women against alcohol abuse and domestic violence
Why did men who sold and made alcohol fear women getting the right to vote?
Women favored prohibition and they worried that if they got the power to vote, they would vote them out of business
What was the purpose of the suffrage plays?
To dramatize the need for the vote and raise money for their campaigns.
What year did women get the right to vote nationally
1920
What did Ida B. Wells do in Washington D.C.?
She marched with the white women from Illinois when she was supposed to march segregated
What was Myra Bradwell's significance to the Suffrage movement?
She wasn't able to practice law due to the "delicate nature," that made her unfit. She still went on to publish a successful law journal, helped write the first law on employment discrimination, and drafted the Illinois law granting women power over their own earnings
Women were first allowed to vote in Chicago for the members of the University of Illinois’s governing board. Why was it so important that they vote?
It wasn't about the position as much as it was about showing men that women would actually show up and use their power to vote.
What was the controversy in creating the National Women's Party?
Their "aggressive tactics," such as picketing and protesting, would turn many against the movement.
How did Ida B. Wells help Joseph Campbell?
Concerned about a fair trial because he was accused of killing a white woman, she raised awareness and funds to get him a defense. He was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death but she kept fighting and got his sentence changed to life in prison
Take a look at the picture provided and argue whether or not women have accomplished the majority of what's on this poster
Varied responses but should involve sound reasoning
Fannie Barrier Williams represented Illinois’s Black clubwomen at the Colored Woman’s Congress in Atlanta in 1895. What did she do to help the black community in Chicago?
assisted in the creation of Provident Hospital, providing health care to the city’s Black community. She also actively supported the Phyllis Wheatley Home for Girls, which helped young Black women relocating to Chicago find a safe residence, employment help, and other services.
What was the telephone brigade about?
They were trying to pass the Illinois suffrage law in 1913. They called House speaker William B. McKinley the weekend before the final vote, where he received phone calls every fifteen minutes from men and women expressing support for the proposed law
What happened to the women who were picketing outside of the white house for women's suffrage? How did their consequence lead to the final support needed to pass the 19th Amendment?
They were put in prison. They tried a hunger strike but were force-fed in prison and went around the country on a train called the "Democracy-Limited," sharing their stories
Wells investigated lynching as part of her antilynching campaign. What claims were made by white people to validate lynching and what did her findings find about the truth of the matter?
White people would claim a black man would threaten or rape a white woman but most of the time it was about a black business threatening a white one