Which was NOT a goal of the Progressive movement?(Top page 32)

a) To protect social welfareb) To promote moral improvementc) To give women the right to voted) To create economic reforme) To foster efficiency

Which was NOT a goal of the Progressive movement?

a) To protect social welfareb) To promote moral improvementc) To give women the right to voted) To create economic reforme) To foster efficiency

Vocabulary Builder

• Suffrage – The right to vote• Domestic – home, relating to the running of

household

Goal

• To investigate the expanding role of women in public life during the progressive era.

Women in Public Life (title top of page 33)

• Before civil war most married women worked at home• By the end of the 19th Century many women had to

work outside the house to earn money• 1848 – Seneca Falls Convention, women’s suffrage

movement began.• 1896 – NACW (National Association of Colored

Women) formed.• 1900, 1 in 5 American women held jobs, 25% in

manufacturing. Half were employed in garment trades.

Susan B. Anthony

Born on Feb. 15, 1820, in Adams, Mass., Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and president (1892-1900) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

Middle and Upper class women responsibilities went from caring for home and family to getting HS educated for jobs as bookeepers, stenographers and typists.

ServantsDomestics, cooks, maids, scullery

ServantsDomestics, Caring for boarders at home

ServantsDomestics, Caring for boarders at home

H.S. Education,Bookeepers, stenographersTypists, new machines

Middle and Upper class women began pushing for reforms such as Suffrage. They also began attending college so that by late 19th Century marriage was not the only option for women. Social Reform was huge.

Tried to convince state legislatures

They pushed for a national constitution

They went to court to see if 14th Amendment meant women should be allowed to vote

By 1890s – Wyoming,Utah, Colorado, IdahoWomen could vote

Susan B Anthony Pushed for courts to sayWomen were citizens.Supreme Court Agreed

Women were seen as citizens but had to wait for the States to allow them to vote

Suffrage

• Women tried three approaches to win the vote.– Tried to convince state legislatures– They went to court to clarify whether the

provisions of the 14th Amendment meant women should be allowed to vote

– They pushed for a national constitution

Reflection

• Of the three approaches women used to win the vote, which provision do you think is the most important? Why?– Include (one) provision– Why you picked this provision– The effect on your life today?