17. How much progress had been made 1865-1940

Question 1

compared to position in 1865 =

Answer 1

obvious progress

Question 2

1865

Answer 2

women did not vote in local or national elections . were not eligible to stand for office

Question 3

by 1941 =

Answer 3

eligible to vote. members of congress and local legislatures. held office locally and nationally. women cabinet minister Frances Perkinson

Question 4

by 1945=

Answer 4

more evidence of women being involved in national politics. they were active in both parties (although not on equal basis with men). both parties campaigned for women’s support.

Question 5

campaign for constitutional change in an Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 5

not more powerful or supported. more divisions in female opinion and more problems

Question 6

devotion to equality not shown by women who achieved power and influence in

Answer 6

New Deal organisations

Question 7

divisions as apparent as the

Answer 7

1860s and 1870s

Question 8

attitude to women working, to equal pay and in some states legal rights still similar to

Answer 8

1870

Question 9

ability of ethnic minorities to participate in voting/office holding in South not changed greatly from

Answer 9

1860s

Question 10

ability of southern states to maintain restrictions on AA registration and voting only ended in

Answer 10

1960s