PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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women were superior to men and should rule everything
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women should act proper at all times and defer to men
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women and men were equal and should be treated like it
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all slaves should be freed immediately
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Detailed explanation-1: -Suffragist groups existed all over the country and under many different names but their aim was the same: to achieve the right to vote for women through constitutional, peaceful means.
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: -The suffragists were members of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and were lead by Millicent Garrett Fawcett during the height of the suffrage movement, 1890 – 1919. They campaigned for votes for middle-class, property-owning women and believed in peaceful protest.
Detailed explanation-4: -These women became known as the suffragettes, and they were willing to take direct, militant action for the cause.