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    to be accurate as its purpose is to teach the A level students, they wouldn 't put incorrect information in the textbook as the students wouldn 't learn the right things.A lot of the content is accurate too.” The National League For Opposing Woman Suffrage was founded in 1911”, Facts like this prove representation 1’s accuracy. Representation 1 is balanced as it lacks in opinion and is not at all bias. Representation one is…

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    With strength in numbers, suffragists formed the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in New York City. This organization helped recruit funds for the campaign. Miss Paul organized marches and public events to mobilize voters. In 1913, one day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, the suffragists marched down…

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    Since the 1870s, Canadian women had been fighting for suffrage- the right to vote. However, at that time, a lot of men even the premier of Manitoba Rodmond Roblin didn't agree that women can have the rights to vote. In 1916, Women in Canada got the right which allowed them to vote in provincial election by the new Manitoba government. Later in 1916, Saskatchewan and Alberta also gave women the right to vote in provincial election. After the Ontario and British Columbia followed those examples in…

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    society, and one of the most prominent reform group was the National American Woman Suffrage Association. As president of the group, Carrie Chapman Catt actively campaigned for the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the winter of 1917, she addressed the Congress about the proposed suffrage amendment (History.com). To urge the arrogant politicians to pass the women’s suffrage amendment to the Constitution, Catt not only induces fear and culpability, but the…

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    working till three o’clock some mornings… and on Sunday, too” (Paul, 1910, as cited in Dalley & Robertson, 1984). For this reason, the DTU sought to improve working conditions for women through campaigning for suffrage. The DTU collaborated with the WCTU to spread the word of the suffrage campaign through petitions. While the WCTU appealed to many older, unmarried…

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    fighting for suffrage.( helped legitimate the suffrage movement and provided new momentum)They began helping the black slaves achieve freedom. After the civil war two new amendments were passed the 14th(idk what this is), and the fifteenth amendment stating that race was no longer an issue but they disregarded the gender issue. In 1869 Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman’s Suffrage…

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    One of the major themes that developed progressivism was women’s rights and suffrage. As women of the working class in the progressive era, they fought for their rights to receive the same wages as men, improved working conditions, and shorter working hours. Women protested against unequal pay and poor working conditions by going on strike. One of the organizations that influenced these strikes was the Women’s Trade Union League who organized working women into unions. In 1909 the International…

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    to vote and participate in politics was now, and fought for their rights as citizens of the Unites States of America. The movie focuses on the life of Alice Paul (acted by Hillary Swank), as she separated herself from the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA), and formed the National Women's Party (NWP) to help women gain the right to vote. The movie did a good job in depicting a lot of things, including how women suffragists were treated by the public, the differences in…

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    What issues did she become involved in the Pacific Northwest? Abigail Scott Duniway would dedicate herself to human rights, and plunge herself into the women’s suffrage movement. She would campaign, write books, pamphlets, articles and give speeches, with the intent to educate and convince the public of voting for human and women’s rights. In 1871, Abigail and Susan B. Anthony went on a lecture tour, around Washington…

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    Alternatively, other historians give credit to women’s pre-war political movements. In fact, as the men returned after the war, women were dismissed back home, forced from their jobs and were expected to go back into domestic life. This demonstrates how women’s employment could only have had a short term impact. In fact, the argument can be taken further, with some claiming that the war actually delayed the process. Historian Paula Bartley states that “” In fact, only women over 30 were granted…

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