RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Marches
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Parades
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Picketing
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Refusal to eat food in prison
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the mid-1800s, women started to fight back, demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. These women were called suffragists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women began to work industrial jobs during the Progressive Era and many also worked towards attaining social reform to increase gender equality. Female roles in society were some of the most drastically changed of any cultural, ethnic, or gender group.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Progressive Era, women fought for many rights, including suffrage, or the right to vote. In reform, women worked to change the workplace, labor conditions, health, and safety. This was deemed “social housekeeping” because women could not vote or run for office.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main women in charge of the suffrage movement were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt. Anthony and Stanton created the women’s suffrage group NWSA (National Women’s Suffrage Association).