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Cobble, Dorothy Sue, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry. Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing, 2014.
Fuentes, Sonja. “The Women’s Rights Movement: Where It’s Been, Where It’s At.”
Userpages.umbc.edu. 2001. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representations, Office of the Historian, Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920
Larkin, Jack. “Historical Background on Antislavery and Women’s Rights 1830-1845.” Old Sturbridge Inc. teachushistory. n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.
Rosen, Ruth. The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America.TantoreBooks. …show more content…
They organized marches, gave lectures, circulated time information and publications, and presented petitions all in an effort to increase public awareness and gain public support (The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920). Their efforts paid off when, in 1869, Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote (The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1920). Colorado followed in 1893, then Utah in 1896, and Idaho in 1896. Between 1910 and 1914, Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Oregon, Illinois, and Montana followed. This strategy of approaching the state level was successful, but national recognition of the right to vote by means of a constitutional amendment was …show more content…
These women presented suffrage as an answer to many social problems. Meanwhile, the United States, under President Wilson’s administration, entered into World War I in 1917. With the war came the need to fill vacated jobs since men were entering into the military. Activists leaders hinted that women might not be willing to step up and fill those positions for a country that was unwilling to grant them the right to vote. The House of Representatives passed an amendment on January 10, 1918. However, it was not passed in the Senate until 1919, and was then sent to the states for ratification. Thirty-six states needed to approve the amendment for it to become a law. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the 19th amendment (The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1920). The women’s rights movement had accomplished a major goal some seventy-two years after the first women’s rights convention, however, these was still work to be done for equal treatment under the
Cobble, Dorothy Sue, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry. Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing, 2014.
Fuentes, Sonja. “The Women’s Rights Movement: Where It’s Been, Where It’s At.”
Userpages.umbc.edu. 2001. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representations, Office of the Historian, Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920
Larkin, Jack. “Historical Background on Antislavery and Women’s Rights 1830-1845.” Old Sturbridge Inc. teachushistory. n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.
Rosen, Ruth. The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America.TantoreBooks. …show more content…
They organized marches, gave lectures, circulated time information and publications, and presented petitions all in an effort to increase public awareness and gain public support (The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920). Their efforts paid off when, in 1869, Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote (The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1920). Colorado followed in 1893, then Utah in 1896, and Idaho in 1896. Between 1910 and 1914, Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Oregon, Illinois, and Montana followed. This strategy of approaching the state level was successful, but national recognition of the right to vote by means of a constitutional amendment was …show more content…
These women presented suffrage as an answer to many social problems. Meanwhile, the United States, under President Wilson’s administration, entered into World War I in 1917. With the war came the need to fill vacated jobs since men were entering into the military. Activists leaders hinted that women might not be willing to step up and fill those positions for a country that was unwilling to grant them the right to vote. The House of Representatives passed an amendment on January 10, 1918. However, it was not passed in the Senate until 1919, and was then sent to the states for ratification. Thirty-six states needed to approve the amendment for it to become a law. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the 19th amendment (The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1920). The women’s rights movement had accomplished a major goal some seventy-two years after the first women’s rights convention, however, these was still work to be done for equal treatment under the