PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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had all the rights they deserved
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were deprived opportunities in higher education
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were denied equal business opportunities
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had limited rights to own property
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should be able to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -They lobbied politicians, staged demonstrations, marches and petitions and campaigned to get the support of the public for the cause. In 1903, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst formed the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instead of promoting a vision of gender equality, suffragists usually argued that the vote would enable women to be better wives and mothers. Women voters, they said, would bring their moral superiority and domestic expertise to issues of public concern.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change in the Constitution – guaranteeing women the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.