https://padlet.com/mr87749/l4ksagqqlqeiir5x Shouldn't Everyone Have The Right To Vote? en-us 2023-03-20 17:53:50 UTC 2023-05-19 18:46:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f33b.png mr87749 https://padlet.com/mr87749/l4ksagqqlqeiir5x/wish/2524060451

Violet finds letters from her sister, Chloe in her mother's desk drawer. Violet is angry at her mom and dad for hiding these letters for over 2 years, one was addressed in 1918. We discover that Chloe is her older sister who was kicked out of the house. We learn she lives in New York and works as a nurse, which is a big deal because of the influenza pandemic. Flossie, Violet's best friend, had died 2 years ago, of influenza and Violet saw blood coming out of her nose and ears.  We learn of Violet's older brother, Stephen, but we are curious to learn more. Chloe is in New York as a new woman, she voted and chooses not to be married. Chloe wants Violet to go to college one day. At the end of the chapter, we know that Violet is angry with her mom and dad for taking these letters that belonged to her.

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At the beginning of the chapter, Violet takes $3.92 and ran away from home. She is headed to New York, the Henry Street Settlement houses, to find Chloe. We learned that a hope chest is not just the name Chloe gave to her car. Violet is nervous about getting onto a train because she is only 11 years old and traveling alone. After buying a ticket and sitting on the train, she meets Mrs. Renwick. Violet tries to be polite and Mrs. Renwick tells her that women should not be doctors or reporters but get married and have babies.

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Violet got off the train and asked a policeman for directions to the exit. She got out but was trapped in a crowd for hours, When she got out it was almost dark. She got out of the crowd. She started walking until she got grabbed by a drunk man he asked her to dance with her and Violet kicked him in the shins. She ran until she came by train and thought it was going to crash so she made a run for it. She inhaled so much smoke her eyes got blurry and she couldn't see she slipped on horse poop and hit her face on the hard concrete and hit her teeth. She sat there while the pain kicked in until an african american came to help her up and ask if she was ok her name was Myrtle Davies. She was sent from Washington D.C. to a school to learn about being a maid for the rich. Myrtle asked where Violet was headed and Myrtle told her she would take her there. Violet was hungry and saw a hotdog and lemonade stand she asked Myrtle if she wanted some she had enough money to buy two hotdogs. They were on their way to see Chloe. 

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Violet and Myrtle make it to the Henry Street Settlement House. They meet Mr. Martin, and he tells them that Chloe moved to Washington DC. They decide they are going to try to go to D.C. but they don't have enough money.

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Violet and Myrtle meet Hobie, who is homeless, and he shows them how to ride a blind. This means riding a train without paying. They rode on a train on a dirty platform and then had to sleep outside. In the end, they make it to Washington D.C. and realize Hobie is a great guy and not what it seemed the theme is don't judge a book by its cover. At first, Violet and Myrtle think that Hobie is a sketch, but in the end, he saved Myrtle and helped the girls get to Washington DC. 

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Violet and Myrtle have arrived in Washington D.C. to find Chloe. They are really dirty and covered in soot from the train ride. When they arrive Violet is surprised by the neighborhood, it has old worn down buildings and small alleys. There is one facet for everyone to wash with, this is where Myrtle is from. They get to the Cameron House and meet Mrs. Dexter, Lucy Burns, and Alice Paul. All of these ladies are suffragists but Mrs.Dexter is not in favor of helping Myrtle because she is "colored" and argues with the other woman about it. Myrtle and Violet learned that Chloe has gone to Tennessee because of an important voting session. In the end, Myrtle and Violet are bathed and go to sleep.

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In Chapter 7 Violet and Myrtle wake up by an alarming sound. They head downstairs to get breakfast with an awkward Surprise was that Mr.Martin was quietly sitting at the breakfast table sipping on some simple black coffee. While Miss Dexter was sitting beside him Mr. Dexter finally noticed Violet and Myrtle Mr. Martin said good morning and so did Miss. Dexter. Miss Dexter placed to plates of toest in front of Violet and Myrtle. Mr. Martin Violet and Myrtle argued in confusion. And finally were off to Nashville while on the train the conductor explained to Mr. Martin that once they are out of Washington D.C. Myrtle had to leave the white bus and go on a colored bus because she was colored and in Virginia the law of a colored people were not allowed on a white train. Mr. Martin refused in frustration and got upset but finally settled down and bought Myrtle a ticket for the colored bus.

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Myrtle is going to the colored car at the back of the train. Once she finally arrives, she meets an old woman, Mrs. Merganser, who used to be a slave. The woman told Myrtle that the amendment for women to vote would not include colored women. Myrtle is very stubborn and determined that colored women have the right to vote.

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In Chapter 9, Violet and Myrtle realize that Mr. Martin is running away from the police. They don't know what he did wrong. Two men called Palmer agents tried to find Mr. Martin, and they questioned the suffragists about him and accused the woman of not being very intelligent because they were female. The two men treated the woman like they were dumb. We see examples of inequality with the Jim Crow car and Myrtle being separated from the rest of the group. Another example of inequality is between men and women, we can tell the agents don't think woman should get the right to vote.

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Violet helps a woman who had fallen and was upset about losing her son in the war, and Violet gets angry about the way women have to sit in silence while men make decisions that affect them. It is unequal and unfair that women are not allowed to be a part of the decision-making process. We meet Miss Charlotte Rowe and she accompanies Violet from the train station to the hotel where she is staying. When Violet walks toward the entrance of the hotel, she is told by Miss Rowe that women use a different entrance at the side of the building. It is unequal that women and men cannot enter by the same entrance, and it is unfair that women have to enter at the side of the building, as if they aren't important enough to enter at the front.

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In Chapter 11 of The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach, we see the theme “inequality is injustice.” We see it first on page 131 when Violet is hungry and wants to find somewhere to eat, but is told she can't eat in one of the hotel restaurants because it is for men only.  She then hears someone saying something about a Mayhew. Violet almost drops her sandwich and finally, see's Chloe, and Violet actually drops her sandwich. Violet Found Chloe!

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Violet woke up at the Tulane Hotel, ate breakfast, and realized that while she was at the Hermitage no one paid any attention to her, so she could hear everything the Antis were saying. She thought about how she could be a spy and tell the Suffs what they were doing. She then went to look for Mr. Martin and Myrtle and found them very dirty looking like hoboes at the train yard. Mr. Martin and Chloe had a heated discussion at first but then you could tell they were happy to see each other. Myrtle is being treated unfairly, with the desk clerk telling her she cannot stay at the hotel.

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In Chapter 13 we see the theme "inequality is  injustice." We see it first on page 154 when Mr. Martin and Myrtle are trying to find food, and they sit at a counter. Instead of serving them, the boy working there calls the police because Myrtle is African American, and segregation laws and opinions at the time prevented her from eating in places where white people ate. At another place, Mr. Martin is told, Myrtle can only be served in the alley, and after trying multiple places, they end up eating in an alley because Myrtle isn't allowed to eat anywhere else. We also see this theme on pages 155-157 when Myrtle isn't allowed to stay at any of the hotels they try for the same reasons she is not allowed to eat at restaurants. 

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On page 173, Chloe explains that African American suffragists have been asked to stay out of sight. Both Chloe and Violet agree that it isn’t fair.

Stand up for what is right | On page 170, Mr. Martin explains that he is a fugitive. After all, in 1918 he spoke out against the war because he didn’t believe the United States should have been involved. On page 175, Myrtle also explains that Mr. Martin tells people how to change the way they do things all the time, and Violet understands that it is important to him to do that.

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