Throughout history, women’s suffrage and civil rights were both movements that had to be brought to national attention in order to produce the change that was wanted. At first, barriers and discrimination against women and African Americans made it difficult for a strong, successful movement to thrive. However, over time, both the women’s suffrage movement and the civil rights movement were able to mobilize strongly and have major effects on policy. This was due to three different causal factors that paralleled in both movements. The three causes were; protest groups’ actions, government officials’ or elites’ actions that aided protesters, and international factors. In the early 1900s during the women’s suffrage movement, the protest groups’
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In 1917, the United States entered into World War I, which helped with the progression of the women’s suffrage movement. During the time of war, NAWSA converted into volunteer groups that distributed food and helped with the Red Cross (). Many suffragists also made clothes, raised money, and gave gifts to soldiers and sailors fighting in the war (). The president, during this time, then proceeded to announce his support of a federal suffrage amendment “as a war measure” (). To which, the Nineteenth Amendment was voted on and passed the next day (). In 1918, Wilson addressed women’s suffrage as “essential to the successful prosecution of the great war of humanity in which are engaged… We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only to a partnership of sacrifice and suffering and toll and not to a partnership of privilege and of right? This war could not have been fought…if it had not been for the services of women” (). President Wilson believed that the women’s contribution to the war was one that was notable and earned their right to vote (). World War I played the most pivotal role in women gaining their rights because this war allowed women to gain recognition and respect from the President and from the federal government. The declaration of the United States entering World War I was one that would affect the mobilization of the women’s …show more content…
International factors played a role in advancing the civil rights movement for African Americans. From 1939-1945, World War II sent many African American males from the segregated South into the armed service (). The armed services provided a less racist, more equal environment that put African Americans a step forward in the civil rights movement (). Entering into the military allowed for racial equality and at a later time, in 1958, the Korean War desegregated the military and integrated all races. Furthermore, African Americans started to migrate North because of the “high-paying jobs in wartime industry” (). The United States entering into World War II shaped the start of the civil rights movement because it enabled African Americans to break free of their limitations in the South and either join the army in which they are viewed as an equal or to go North, which will lead to job opportunities and a chance to fight
In 1917, the United States entered into World War I, which helped with the progression of the women’s suffrage movement. During the time of war, NAWSA converted into volunteer groups that distributed food and helped with the Red Cross (). Many suffragists also made clothes, raised money, and gave gifts to soldiers and sailors fighting in the war (). The president, during this time, then proceeded to announce his support of a federal suffrage amendment “as a war measure” (). To which, the Nineteenth Amendment was voted on and passed the next day (). In 1918, Wilson addressed women’s suffrage as “essential to the successful prosecution of the great war of humanity in which are engaged… We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only to a partnership of sacrifice and suffering and toll and not to a partnership of privilege and of right? This war could not have been fought…if it had not been for the services of women” (). President Wilson believed that the women’s contribution to the war was one that was notable and earned their right to vote (). World War I played the most pivotal role in women gaining their rights because this war allowed women to gain recognition and respect from the President and from the federal government. The declaration of the United States entering World War I was one that would affect the mobilization of the women’s …show more content…
International factors played a role in advancing the civil rights movement for African Americans. From 1939-1945, World War II sent many African American males from the segregated South into the armed service (). The armed services provided a less racist, more equal environment that put African Americans a step forward in the civil rights movement (). Entering into the military allowed for racial equality and at a later time, in 1958, the Korean War desegregated the military and integrated all races. Furthermore, African Americans started to migrate North because of the “high-paying jobs in wartime industry” (). The United States entering into World War II shaped the start of the civil rights movement because it enabled African Americans to break free of their limitations in the South and either join the army in which they are viewed as an equal or to go North, which will lead to job opportunities and a chance to fight