4 ideals- Piety, Purity,
Submissiveness, Domesticity.
Told women how to live their
lives.
Believed that a woman's place was in her home
and she was to be completely submissive to her
husband. She was supposed to worship and love
God and remain pure for her husband,
Though some women could work (doing jobs such
as sewing or cleaning), they had no right to their
income. Instead, their husbands had complete
control over all money.
Though it was considered the mother's full time
job to raise children, when it came to decisions
regarding them, the father had all rights to do
anything he wished, such as give the child up
for adoption, even if it is against the mothers
wishes.
For women to go against the Cult of
Domesticity was shameful for them, their
husbands, and their children.
Also known as The Cult of True Womanhood
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Stanton
1850: The two women meet, they later will
become one of the most powerful
collaborations in history.
1869: Stanton and Anthony create the
National Woman's Suffrage
Association.
Together, the women traveled all over the country to promote
women rights. They made speeches, handed out fliers, published
newspapers, and more. Their strategy was to go from state to
state, rather than target the federal government.
Stanton was considered one of the first leaders for the
women's rights movement. Though she herself was married
with children, she was still very devoted to the movement.
Anthony campaigned not only for the right to vote, but also to abolish
slavery. Because she never married or had children, she was able to
travel more than Stanton. She advocated for equality for everyone her
entire life.
Both women attend the Seneca Falls convention, leading to the
Declaration of Sentiments. Though Susan B. Anthony only attended
the meeting, Stanton played a big role in the organization of the
convention, and was even one of the speakers.
Despite the setbacks caused by the
Civil War, the women continue to fight
for suffrage.
Alice Paul
As a member of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, Alice Paul traveled to
Washington D.C. to gain more publicity for the
movement. She organizes a huge parade,
which became violent, putting the suffrage
movement in the spotlight.
Paul's main focus was to bring an amendment to
the constitution, giving women the same rights then
men had.
1916: Paul formed the National Woman's Party, and severed all ties to the NAWSA. The NWP organized :SIlent
Sentinels" who stood outside the white house in protest. When World War I began, people saw the protests
as unpatriotic. The women were soon attacked by angry mobs, and later, the protesters were arrested.
Despite the setbacks caused by the war, the women still continued to fight.
Suffrage prisoners refused to be beaten, and
instead continued to protest for their right to
vote. Many of the women, including the elderly,
were beaten, pushed, and thrown. The women
who attempted to protest through refusing to
eat were inhumanly force fed.
When news of what was happening to Paul and the other women was
brought to the public, people began to demand the release of the women.
Many new supporters joined the women's rights movement out of
sympathy for these women.