RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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In the 1920’s, Women began marrying for economic stability and security.
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As the women’s suffrage movement gained influence, women began to seek loving, supportive partners with whom to marry.
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Women, demanding more freedom and independence, were often choosing to abstain from marriage altogether.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle-victory took decades of agitation and protest.
Detailed explanation-2: -The decade kicked off with passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave white women the vote. Women also joined the workforce in increasing numbers, participated actively in the nation’s new mass consumer culture, and enjoyed more freedom in their personal lives.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dutch women won the vote in 1919, and American women on August 26, 1920, with the passage of the 19th Amendment (the Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured voting rights for racial minorities). Irish women won the same voting rights as men in the Irish Free State constitution, 1922.
Detailed explanation-4: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.