Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Womens Movement
- Cult of
Domesticity
- In the 1800's, Women were expected to stay home and do chores, cook
and take care of children.
- In the mid 1900's, women didn't like the idea, since their husbands would come home drunk and
be abusive.
- A women was supposed to submit, be pure, be more religious than
their husbands and to provide a comforting home for them as well.
- This is what started the womens rights movement.
- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton
- In 1850, Anthony and Stanton met in Seneca Falls, New York and formed a
lifetime alliance as Women's Right's Association.
- In 1869, Susan and Elizabeth created NWSA to change the 15th amendment which
excluded women.
- Elizabeth did most of the writing, while Susan managed the business affairs.
- In 1890, The AWSA and NWSA (Two groups who supported women's rights, combined.
- In 1910-1914 the group led by these two (NAWSA) expanded their organization to the states.
- Alice Paul
- In 1913, Alice formed a rival congressional union, "National Women's Party" to
help push equal rights for women.
- She helped push Women's Right's in Britain.
- Once Britain got their rights, she wanted the Women all around the world to
have rights as well.
- She organized a parade to support women's rights and to gain attention
from everyone.
- Alice was arrested for pushing the Women's Suffrage so she decided to go on a hunger strike and
she was force fed.
- On August 26, 1920, the nineteenth amendment was ratified.