Women's Suffrage Padlet by Kayla Giron https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz en-us 2021-02-12 13:24:44 UTC 2024-07-16 02:23:32 UTC hello@padlet.com During this period of time, women were expected to stay at home, clean, cook, and be at home with their children. Women were looked down upon if they wanted to go out and enjoy themselves like men did. They also didn't have a say in basically anything. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196336295 2021-02-12 13:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196336295 Another expectation of women during this period was that they do not vote. People thought that women were too weak and emotional to have high, qualified positions in the workforce. They thought that women weren't as smart as a man, that they are incapable of making such an important decision (voting). kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196358169 2021-02-12 13:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196358169 The NWP would gain the attention of politicians through lobbying, publicity stunts, protests, strikes, transcontinental auto trips, speaking tours, motorcade parades, banners, billboards, and other methods helped spread the word to the public about suffragists and suffrage issues. Inspiration for these tactics were derived from the British Suffrage Campaign and American Labor Activism. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196376441 2021-02-12 13:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196376441 Conventional politicking was a very popular tactic that included parades, pageants, street speaking, demonstrations, and mass meetings. In 1914 and 1916, the CU sent out groups of speakers to states where women were able to vote. They targeted candidates for congressional office and urged people to vote to express their dissatisfaction with the lack of action to pass a federal suffrage amendment. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196395453 2021-02-12 13:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196395453 The willingness of NWP members to be arrested, and their acts of protest even while in jail, like hunger strikes and the force-feedings by the police that worked in the jail, shocked Americans and brought attention and support to the NWP's cause. Through constant protesting, the NWP convinced President Wilson to support a women's suffrage amendment. More protesting and influence on national and state legislators led to the approval of the 19th Amendment. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196429906 2021-02-12 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1196429906 The Anti-Suffrage movement was a political movement made up of both men and women who were against women having the right to vote. The anti-suffragists believed letting women vote was "contrary to nature". Women seeking enfranchisement went against the laws of nature in their viewpoint. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197125834 2021-02-12 16:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197125834 There were even associations that were made specifically against women's suffrage. People would make posters and flyers stating for"Mr.Voter" to vote against women's suffrage and that women getting suffrage would give them rights they don't need. This poster below shows an example of a poster made against women's suffrage. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197196662 2021-02-12 16:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197196662 This political cartoon is showing the roles of the husband and wife reversed. During this period, women were expected to cook, clean, take care of the kids, and that's it. This is showing the woman going out to vote and leaving the husband at home to take care of everything. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197242088 2021-02-12 16:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197242088 This political cartoon shows a elephant knocking on the door of the Women's Vote. The elephant is symbolizing Republicans. The elephant is holding a flier for the candidate, Herbert Hoover. The flier says “A picture of Hoover for every kitchen”. This image shows that the Women now have a vote and that politicians now have to worry about their vote. kgir1966 https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197255544 2021-02-12 16:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kgir1966/p2a85lu5wkqy16gz/wish/1197255544