PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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Question
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Large cities allowed women to vote in local elections.
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Women could not serve on juries.
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Women asking for equality were punished under the law.
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Only married women could manage their own property.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women did not have the power to make contracts, own property or vote. A woman was seen merely as a servant to her husband. By the 1830s and 1840s, however, that began to change when many bold, outspoken women championed social reforms of prisons, war, alcohol and slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women couldn’t own property, and they had to give any money they made over to their husbands. They also weren’t allowed to vote. By the mid-1800s, women started to fight back, demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. These women were called suffragists.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 19th century American woman was expected to cook, clean, and take care of other household duties.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the early 1800s many activists who believed in abolishing slavery decided to support women’s suffrage as well. In the 1800s and early 1900s many activists who favored temperance decided to support women’s suffrage, too.