WOMS300- World War I Flashcards
Jane Adams
-Leader against war
Women’s jobs during the war
-Women worked industrial jobs
-Openings in clerical work
-Volunteering
-Increase with women participating in the military
-Hello girls
communication/phones
-Bilingual telephone operators
-Shore duty positions
-Worked along the shores
-Nurses
-Drivers
Catt vs. Paul beliefs on the War
Catt:
-women should be patriotic
-in return they would be able to vote
Paul:
-vocally against the war
-did not support Wilson (Pres)
-Silent Senitanals
women would stand outside the white house 6 days a week in scilence
Catt vs. Paul Methods on Gaining the Right to Vote
Catt:
-speaking tours
-was supported by the president
-western states allowed women to vote
Paul:
-arrested and in prison
-hunger strikes
The 19th Admendment
-passed in 1919
-took so long because men were so threaten by wome
-always trying to find excuses to delay the passing of the admendenement