RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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The ERA focused primarily on the rights of racial minorities rather than the women’s rights movement.
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The ERA was written by a man, and therefore, they did not feel it reflected women’s interests.
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They believed the ERA could potentially hinder gains that already addressed the rights of women in the workforce.
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They believed the ERA was too progressive and would give women more rights than men.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did many conservative women oppose passage of the Equal Rights Amendment? They feared its passage would devalue their traditional role as wives and mothers. What happened to white support for civil rights progress during the late 1960s? Support among whites for civil rights progress declined.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1848 Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-suffragists argued that most women did not want the vote. Because they took care of the home and children, they said women did not have time to vote or stay updated on politics. Some argued women lacked the expertise or mental capacity to offer a useful opinion about political issues.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention regarding women’s rights in the United States. Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women. They wanted to be treated as individuals, not dependents of men.