By the 1900s, a new generation of women activists was present. This group was led by Carrie Chapman Catt who stressed the desirability of giving women the vote if they wanted to continue to discharge their traditional duties (i.e. cooking, cleaning, etc.) in the public world of the city. 14.
Nicole McCray Dr. Davis POL-100 10/08/12 Alice Paul Alice Paul was one of the most significant figures in the movement to secure women’s rights in America. As educated, Paul used radical political strategies to produce favorable results for the Women’s Suffrage movement. Her militant actions eventually led to the ratification of the 19th amendment which secured women’s right to vote. Alice was born in Paulsdale on Jan 11, 1885 to William and Tacie Paul who eventually had two more children after Alice. Alice’s parents were Quakers, and instilled their religious beliefs into her.
Anthony is a renowned women’s rights activist, author, suffragist, abolitionist, and most importantly the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony taught for 15 years before she became a social activist for women’s rights. Her path began when she met Elizabeth Stanton during a anti-slavery conference in 1851. After establishing the Women’s New York State Temperance Society in 1852, Anthony and Stanton began a movement for women to be able to own property and have the right to vote. They started numerous organizations such as the American Equal Rights Association in 1866, and the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869.
Alice Paul's effect on Woman's Rights Alice Paul, a pioneer of the women's suffrage movement, introduced more aggressive methods to the women's suffrage to help lead a successful campaign that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, Aided in the Equal Rights Amendment and gave women the right to vote in the United States. 1Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885, in Moorestown, New Jersey(1). Alice Paul's mother, Tacie, was a member of the Nation American Woman Suffrage Association. Alice would sometimes go with her mother when she was a young girl to attend suffrage meetings. This is where Alice primarily learned about the suffrage movement and formed her strong commitment to social justice.
There were educational reforms for middle and upper-class girls, with the establishment of new day high schools, such as The North London Collegiate School founded by Frances Mary Buss. Women were breaking social spheres and getting into the work place. By 1871 26.8% of women were workers out of the entire female population. The amount of women working in metal manufacture rose as in
Many states required both genders to have education. First in all women establishments, women sought after higher education, then in time, co-ed environments. The expansion of communication also intrigued the young women to move to Chicago. Despite the changes, 95% of married women, however, remained at home cleaning, cooking and taking care of their children. The woman’s rights movement also gained momentum at this time.
In order for corporations to make money, they produced things related to the rising popular culture. [3] The rise of this new culture was due to an increase of cities, rise of a consumer society, and the change in morals and behavior. [4] During the twenties, more than half of the population lived in cities. New social classifications were created: laborers and managers, blue collar and white. [5] There was also a rise of leisure time, emergence of an urban middle class, technological advances, and an increase of wages.
Communications revolution – number of telephone doubled/ number of radios increased from 60,000 to 10 million. Stock market – Wall Street boomed (a 'bull' market) with many people buying shares to make a profit. Many new businesses were 'floated' on the stock market such as skyscrapers, highways and urban development. Skyscrapers became a symbol of wealth and boom in America in 1920’s this was showing that the prosperity was shared across the country The industry boomed for several reasons such as; Population growing rapidly increased demand for consumer goods. Abundant raw materials such as coal iron and oil allowed cheap
(Champagne & Harpham, 21) Texas seems to be urbanizing more and more. This shift brings about economic growth and diversification which means new roads will have to be built, more construction, and expanded water and sewer systems (window.tx.state.us, Susan Combs, Texas in Focus: A Statewide View of Opportunities) thus creating many more jobs as well. A state that was once majority Anglo’s has become a state of all races, which has also driven the growth in population. Texas is now a state where different ethnicities have a larger number that the Anglo’s. People are coming from all over to work in the oil field particularly.
The first Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848. They demanded equal rights for women, including the right to vote. But it wasn’t until 1920, when the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified, that American women finally gained the right to vote. Women continued to gain rights with the help of laws. The 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibited sex discrimination in employment.