Progress in women's rights by 1920 - social, economic, political Flashcards
What did temperance mean?
banning of the sale of alcohol
What does suffrage mean?
right to vote
What social rights had been achieved by 1920? (4)
-18th Amendment - Temperance Movement
-work to create organisations that developed more of a collective movement amongst women
-Birth control - contraception
-charities and social welfare - Jane Adams - Hull House
How effective were the social achievements by 1920? (2)
-1873 - contraception is banned - reduced effectiveness of reducing family size - women’s economic freedoms reduced
-Temperance Movement was a success - showed female lobbing and campaign could be successful
What political rights had been achieved by 1920? (4)
-18th Amendment - Temperance Movement
-1848 Declaration of Sentiments - Seneca Falls - suffrage movement
-19th Amendment - right to vote ratified 1920
-creation of Suffrage organisations
How effective were the political achievements by 1920? (2)
-women could vote - shows by the law that women had representation and equal rights but there was a poor turn out and they often voted in line with their husband
-triggered dialogue and push for equal rights - creation of organisations by activists - splits in NWSA and AWSA meant less united lobbying so it was less effective
What economic rights had been achieved by 1920? (2)
-war - independence amongst women led to employment opportunities
-unmarried women -> increasing unemployment opportunities - manufacturing industry, telephones and typewriters (office work)
How effective were the economic achievements by 1920? (2)
- starting to change attitudes towards the ‘separate spheres’ idea
-although given independence during war, women were expected to give up their jobs among men’s return
-still many attitudes see separate spheres as the appropriate position of women
