PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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some men became involved in the women’s movement.
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most people began raising money for the women’s movement.
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more women began educating their children at home.
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women began controlling their fathers’ property.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in May of 1869 – they opposed the 15th amendment because it excluded women.
Detailed explanation-2: -society still viewed women as nurturers and agents of stability. Women used this influence and their educational attainment to advocate for social change. These reforms included a re-born temperance movement, women’s suffrage, sanitation, educational reforms, and attacks on racism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Voting ensures women’s reproductive and economic progress. The 19th Amendment helped millions of women move closer to equality in all aspects of American life. Women advocated for job opportunities, fairer wages, education, sex education, and birth control.
Detailed explanation-4: -1920: The 19th Amendment Becomes Law Congress finally ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right to vote and moving one step closer toward equality for women.