RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They shot tear gas into the crowd
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They arrested the women
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They sympathized and fed the women
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Artists created political cartoons that mocked suffragists. Religious leaders spoke out against women’s political activism from the pulpit. Articles attacked women who took part in public life. Even without a coordinating institution, opposition to suffrage remained popular.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many suffragettes were sent to prison and went on hunger strike. The government reacted by force-feeding suffragettes. This caused public outrage, so in 1913 the government introduced the ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act. Women on hunger strike were released when they fell ill but rearrested once they recovered.
Detailed explanation-3: -These women militants, or suffragettes, as they were known, were sent to prison and continued their protests there by engaging in hunger strikes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support the proposed “Anthony amendment” to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.