RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The women were arrested and later starved to death
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The women gained the attention of the president and a new amendment was proposed
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the women were arrested and went on a hunger strike in jail
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no one paid attention and the cause went away for another 70 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Woman’s Party had organized pickets of the White House for six days a week, in all kinds of weather, since January 10, 1917. The “Silent Sentinels” as they were known showed up each day holding banners demanding the right to vote for American women.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ultimately, the Suffragettes achieved their goal of enfranchisement for women and the movement has rightfully gone down in history as one of the strongest and most successful women’s rights groups. Today, the battle for women’s enfranchisement has been all but won, but equality still hovers just out of reach.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eventually, the police arrive and arrest Lucy, Ruza, Doris, and others. Alice learns that her cohorts were charged with “obstructing traffic.” The defendants are found guilty and sentenced to sixty days in a workhouse or a ten dollar fine.