RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
The development of new technologies, which made housework less demanding
|
|
|
The invention of the automobile, which made it easier for women to travel to the polls
|
|
|
Couples having more children, which increased the importance of women within the household
|
|
|
Women being banned from the workforce, which gave them more time to devote to social causes
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Their broad goals included equal access to education and employment, equality within marriage, and a married woman’s right to her own property and wages, custody over her children and control over her own body.
Detailed explanation-2: -For over 50 years, Susan B. Anthony was the leader of the American woman suffrage movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the nineteenth century, the contours of a feminist political movement became visible. Feminism became an official concept and the first feminist wave began in 1850. The spearheads of the women’s movement were equality in education, labor and electoral rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eventually suffragists won the political support necessary for ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For 42 years, the measure had been introduced at every session of Congress, but ignored or voted down. It finally passed Congress in 1919 and went to the states for ratification.