Women 1865-1992 Flashcards
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Their position in 1865
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- helped the poor
- suffrage campaign
- Temperance
- Slavery
- Church societies
- Moral reform
2
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How did the Civil War affect women?
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- more public participation
- gain more responsibility
- women took greater economic opportunity
3
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Progress made from 1865-1900 in the campaign for political rights P1
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- Prohibition
- Rural policies
- Urban policies
4
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The Woman’s Christian Temperance (WCTM)
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- by 1880 there was a national organisation in 24 states
- Membership reached to 800,000 by 1920
5
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Progress made from 1865-1900 in the campaign for political rights P2
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- break from abolitionism
- Suffrage Organisations
- the voting issues
- opposition
6
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What were the different suffrage organisations and when were they founded?
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- National Woman’s Suffrage Associations 1869
- National American Woman’s Suffrage Association 1890
7
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How much progress was made by 1900
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- the Southern organisations were unwilling to give af. am. women the right to vote
- there was no complete agreement as to which type of woman would be eligible to vote
- Whilst some progress had been made, opposition was still built up
- the movement distracted other causes, such as temperance
- in 1900s US movement was influenced by the British Suffragettes movement
8
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Impact of the Civil War
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- put them in more of a life/death situation
- lower pay
- more public participation
- moral authority
9
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Impact of WW1
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- opportunities
- economic activity
- vote
10
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Was the 19th Amendment in 1920 a major turning point?
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- women were shown their gratification for their work in the war and the result of an effective campaign by the NAWSA
- May not have been because of a change of mind and heart by American men that they actually deserved the vote
- Vote did not mean women got everything they wanted
- they still had to conform to a male dominated society, by voting in the way of their husbands
- much social and economic change during the war was short lived
- still faced discrimination in terms of wages, social attitudes and the ability to exercise their rights
11
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Women’s Suffrage organisations
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- NWSA 1869
- AWSA 1969
- NAWSA 1890
- LWV 1920
12
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Opposition to suffrage
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- public opinion
- NAOWS 1911
13
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Other women’s groups
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- WCTU 1874
14
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Continuity or change 1865-1920 progress WW1
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- female cooperation
- more allowed to work
- propaganda
- Special Women’s Advisory Committee
- more skilled jobs
- more women in Congress
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Continuity or change 1865-1920 regress
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- not involved in wartime decisions
- lack support childcare
- unequal pay
- little influence in politics
- divided
