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California Law Passage - 1850
The California Legislature passed a law that provided women the rights to their property. This gave women around the country a sense of hoping in knowing that their time of equality was beginning to spark. -
Antoinette Brown and Susan B. Anthony
In 1853, Antoinette Brown and Susan B. Anthony were not forbade to speak at the World Temperance Convention in New York City. This caused women activists to rage. -
15th Amendment
On February 3rd, 1870, the 15th Amendment was passed which prohibited the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote due to their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude", but not due to their gender. Women were still unable to vote, which caused extreme conflict throughout the states. -
WCTU
On December 23, 1873, the Women's Christian Temperance Movement was founded by Annie Wittenmyer. This movement became an important proponent in the fight for women's suffrage. Some of the women's rights movement strongest opponents, like the Liquor Lobby, feared they would use their vote to prohibit the sale of liquor. -
Teddy Roosevelt
In 1912, the woman's suffrage movement, for the first time, was supported at the national level under President Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party. This gave woman momentum to fight for their rights and angered white, privileged men who thought lowly of women. -
19th Amendment
FINALLY, on August 18th, 1920, Congress passed the 19th Amendment which prohibited states and the federal government the denial of voting privileges due to one's sex. Women fought a long and hard battle and earned their victory in 1920. -
Citations
Antoinette Brown Blackwell. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://rrlc.org/winningthevote/biographies/antoinette-brown-blackwell/ History.com Editors. (2009, November 09). 15th Amendment. Retrieved September 12, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment -
Citations
Home. (n.d.). Retrieved September 12, 2020, from https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false Russell, J. (2017, September 20). Revisiting the women and early California law. Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2017/09/20/revisiting-the-women-and-early-california-law/ Woman Suffrage Timeline (1840-1920). (n.d.). Retrieved September 12, 2020, from http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920 -
Questions Continued
- I think that in the future, we will hopefully have a woman as our president. Also, women are beginning to take part in big time jobs and leadership positions around the country, and this will only progress as time goes on.
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Questions
- Overtime, the biggest issue that has changed is the respect that men have gained for women. Their respect for women is still not good enough, but it has gotten better over time. They have gained respect because they see the value that women bring into our lives and they see how important women are.
- Yes. The compromise was the 19th Amendment.
- The country is (hopefully) only going forward with their respect and view on women. Hillary Clinton running for president showed the progress.
