Section 2: Women and the Section 2: Women and the Public LifePublic Life

Main Idea: Women Main Idea: Women Campaigned for reformCampaigned for reform

What opportunities did women What opportunities did women have for education and work in the have for education and work in the

late 1800’s?late 1800’s?Mid-1800’s colleges began admitting womenMid-1800’s colleges began admitting womenBy 1870 20% of all college students were By 1870 20% of all college students were women, by 1900 33% of college students were women, by 1900 33% of college students were womenwomenMany put their skills to work in the reform Many put their skills to work in the reform movementmovementWorked as nurses, secretaries, teaches, Worked as nurses, secretaries, teaches, bookkeepers, and shop clerksbookkeepers, and shop clerksLess educated women worked in factoriesLess educated women worked in factories

How did women gain political How did women gain political experience through participation in experience through participation in

reform movements?reform movements?

Learned to organize, persuade, publicize Learned to organize, persuade, publicize causescauses

Learned they had the power to help Learned they had the power to help themselves, their families and their themselves, their families and their communitiescommunities

VocabularyVocabulary

Prohibition: movement to ban the production, Prohibition: movement to ban the production, selling, and distribution of alcoholselling, and distribution of alcohol

Women’s Christian Temperance Union: group of Women’s Christian Temperance Union: group of women who wanted to ban alcoholwomen who wanted to ban alcohol

Francis Willard: head of the WCTUFrancis Willard: head of the WCTU

Carry Nation: famous for smashing saloons in Carry Nation: famous for smashing saloons in KansasKansas

1818thth Amendment: Prohibited the manufacture, Amendment: Prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholsale and distribution of alcohol

Women’s Suffrage MovementWomen’s Suffrage Movement

Women met in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Women met in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention to campaign for women’s Convention to campaign for women’s rightsrights

In 1868 (the Fifteenth Amendment) African In 1868 (the Fifteenth Amendment) African American men given the right to vote American men given the right to vote before womenbefore women

1869 Susan B Anthony formed the 1869 Susan B Anthony formed the National Women Suffrage MovementNational Women Suffrage Movement

How did the Women’s Suffrage How did the Women’s Suffrage Movement campaign for the vote?Movement campaign for the vote?

1869 Victoria Woodhull was the first 1869 Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for presidentwoman to run for president

They focused on individual states, wrote They focused on individual states, wrote pamphlets, made speeches, testified pamphlets, made speeches, testified before congressbefore congress

Anti-Suffrage MovementAnti-Suffrage Movement

Argued that women voting would interfere with Argued that women voting would interfere with their responsibilities in the hometheir responsibilities in the homeClaimed that women were not educated or Claimed that women were not educated or experienced enough to voteexperienced enough to voteSaid it was unfair to force women who didn’t Said it was unfair to force women who didn’t want to vote to votewant to vote to voteLiquor companies feared women would vote for Liquor companies feared women would vote for prohibitionprohibitionChurches claimed that only men should vote Churches claimed that only men should vote because they were the head of the familybecause they were the head of the family