8. was WW1 more important in development of womens rights than the Civil War?

Question 1

Carrie Chapman Catt

Answer 1

led woman suffrage Association in 1890s
addressed congress on women’s rights
Susan B Anthony’s successor - president of NAWSA in 1900
effective at gaining support for women’s suffrage at state level
support for war in 1917 helped persuade Congress to pass 19th amendment

Question 2

ww1 affected USA from

Answer 2

1917

Question 3

both wars =

Answer 3

ooperation and emotional commitment of women needed

Question 4

WW1 increased

Answer 4

economic activity and meant women’s contribution to the work force was important

Question 5

WW1 Fight for democracy but women disenfranchised =

Answer 5

shifts in opinion

Question 6

WW1 states more receptive to

Answer 6

NAWSA arguments

Question 7

Women enfranchised in

Answer 7

1917 New York and Illinois. 1918 South Dakota, Michigan and Omaha.

Question 8

NAWSA targeted

Answer 8

anti-suffrage senators = some defeated

Question 9

by 1919

Answer 9

Congress willing to pass 19th Amendment giving all American women right to vote. effective from 1920.