12. Continuity or change in the period 1865-1920 Flashcards
continuing opposition
female suffragists seen as
unwomanly
continuing opposition
many women opposed ___ in 1920s
‘flappers’ and more sexually emancipated women
continuing opposition
many thought men should have ____ during depression
1st access to jobs
continuing opposition
National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage similar to
Daughters of American Revolution and conservative women who opposed feminism of later 20th century and Equal Rights Amendment
divisions in NAWSA
different ideas of who would be eligible some wanting universal suffrage some wanting it restricted to white elite
did not encourage AA participation fearing loss of support
19th amendment didn’t radically alter
pre-war pattern of women becoming more active in public life but not entirely represented in legislatures, Congress, government or the judiciary
Political activity centred around issues specific to women not on national concerns e.g.
inter-war campaigns: struggle for independent citizenship, the right to own land, the right to run for public office, the right to register as voters in some states, the right to have access in all posts in the civil service and the right to serve on juries
considerable difference in practice between states on issues meant
political activity was fragmented
vote depended on
residence which depended on the husband
even by 1960s some states would not allow women to
sign contracts independently or run their own business without special permission
although the vote led to citizenship issues being raised and campaigned over
these were often diffuse and state based
society didn’t accept
women’s social and economic and political equality to men
