political rights

• when was the 15th amendment passed?


  1870
• how did the 15th amendment impact women?


  it didn't - the act did not include women.
• how many states had given women the right to vote by 1918?


  20
• when was the 19th amendment passed?


  1920
• what did the 19th amendment do?


  gave voting rights to all women aged 21+
• when was the suffrage march on washington?

  1913
• how can the suffrage march be seen as helping improve civil rights?

  done right before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration so a lot of media attention - could be argued that this was one of the main pushes which led to the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920
• how can the suffrage march still show division and lack of improvement?


  emphasised internal divisions within the women's movement - african american marchers told by Alice Paul to march at the back or not bother turning up at all - discrimination against minorities
• what happened in 1873 susan b anthony v us?


  She was arrested in new york for voting - but she claimed this violated the 14th amendment. The judge did not allow jurors to discuss and ordered them to find her guilty for malpractice.
• what is a key example of opposition to female suffrage in early 1900s?


  1911 national association opposed to women suffrage - believed husband already voted on behalf of wife + feared women would no longer care about children or families - idea can be seen to reemerge in relation to phyllis schlafly.
• when were the league of women voters (LWV) founded?


  1920 to support and promote the newly gained suffrage votes for women
• when did women start voting for female issues?

  1960s
• when was the national women's political caucus formed?

  1971
• what year is called 'the year of the woman' and why?

  1992 due to 100 women nominated in congressional elections
• what time periods does the ERA fail?


  1921 and 1970s due to divisions