(1500)A Primary Source Analysis of the Growing Power of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement Association (NASMA) in the Early 20th Century
This primary source analysis will define the growing power of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement Association (NASMA) through the increasing organizational leadership of women leaders in the early 20th century. In the article, “The Call for the Fortieth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement” of 1908, Ann H. Shaw’s leadership of the NASMA defines the major change in public opinion on the subject of women’s suffrage, which was increasingly overcoming the patriarchal barriers to equality for women in the United States. During the late 1900s and into the 1910s,
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More so, it shows that women had found locations in which they could voice their opinions outside of the saloon culture of patriarchal politics. The event was attended by nearly 300 suffragists (both male and female), and it shows the increasing power of these suffragette institutions to demand greater political power in the public sphere. Historically women were not able to garner greater support in the public sphere by outwardly finding locations, such as the Y.M.C.A that show an ionic support of certain male-based institutions to support women’s rights in the community. Often, the Y.M.C.A. would often allow women to debate the issue of suffrage with male members in the community, which set a forum for women to organize and speak about their grievances. In many cases, women did not garner greater public support for their cause in the late 19th century, but eventually, the Y.M.C.A (an organization typically meant to support young Christian men) provided a location for women to meet and debate these issues: “The agency of the YMCA had awakened to the emerging women’s movement…women’s historical agency began to reshape the YMCA programs”. In this manner, the article correctly identifies the corporation between men at the YMCA and the NASMA as part of the growing popularity of public reform related to women’s voting rights. This type of large venue in Buffalo certainly defines the importance of the women’s suffrage movement when this article was written in 1908. These are the important aspects of the growing power of the NASMA movement in 1900s, which has been defined in this critical examination of the article, “The Call for the Fortieth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement”, published during this crucial time for women’s rights in American
Women’s rights activists gave their movement the title “the women movement”. These women wanted to expand their professions out of the house and into higher paying jobs. They spread their belief that women’s unique homemaking traits would make society more humanized. Women’s clubs through the late nineteenth century began taking a stand on public affairs. These reformers started working more outside of the house in jobs such as consumer protection and housing improvement.
Victoria was the public face of three social movements (woman suffrage, free love and Spiritualism), the owner of a brokerage firm, and the publisher of a radical weekly newsletter with her sister (p. 1-3) her radical views, charismatic personality, and unorthodox personal life resulted in demonization by a scandal-hungry popular press and persecution by morals crusader, Anthony Comstock Woodhull was not mentioned at all when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony compiled History of Woman Suffrage, a book recounting their tales as feminists during the suffrage movement, which was put into place by Woodhull (p. 4) Victoria Claflin was born on September 23, 1838 in a wooden shack overlooking a small town hidden in the hills and fields of
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns formed the Congressional Union when they were dissatisfied with the leadership of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (Weider History, 2014). This union could only do good because, the more people fighting women’s suffrage the better. “Carrie Chapman Cat, NAWSA president from 1900 to 1906 and 1915 to 1920, was Anthony’s hand-picked successor as the driving force of the organization (Weider History,
After women gained their independence and right to vote, they were more confident and not afraid of other people’s opinions (Price par. 7). Even though women had gained the right to vote, the discrimination against them did not end (Perry par. 6). Women joined activist groups such as the National American Women Suffrage Association and the Congressional Union, where they protested with different tactics to get what they wanted (Dumenil p. 22).
Women used many different methods to earn the right to vote in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. One method women used to earn support is that they organized a parade in Washington, D.C., the same day the president was coming into town so that there was large crowds. Many of the people in the crowd were men who, along with drinking also disagreed with the right for women to vote. They began to yell then even throw objects at the women walking in the parade. Eventually, the police walked away giving the men the opportunity to attack.
Addams recruited many immigrants and lower class citizens into the National American Woman Suffrage Association, making the organization population range from settlement-house workers to the highly educated people. By 1917, the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s population had grown to be over 2 million people fighting for woman suffrage and soon enough their relentless work began to pay off
Women Suffrage movement began more active after 1894. For example, “In New York City, Josephine Shaw Lowell and Mary Putnam Jacobi formed the Woman Municipal League." (Dubois, 189) This organization was primary focusing on the corruption of public. “By the early 1900s, moreover, the spirit of political reform in New York City spread beyond the elite.”
The progressive era, which occurred between the 1900s and 1920s was an important time in American history. It was a widespread period of social and political reform across the United States that sought to eliminate problems in many different areas of American life, such as education, public health, labor, transportation, and women’s rights (Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty, pg. 680). While all the reformers of this time period left a great impact on American politics this essay will primarily address the role of women during the progressive era. These reformers, especially women influenced and changed American politics and government by not only giving the public an opportunity to openly voice and address their concerns, but also by getting the
Women Suffrage movement began more active after 1894. For example, “In New York City, Josephine Shaw Lowell and Mary Putnam Jacobi formed the Woman Municipal League." (Dubois, 189) This organization was primary focusing on the corruption of public. “By the early 1900s, moreover, the spirit of political reform in New York City spread beyond the elite.”
This was called The National American Women Suffrage Association, also known as NAWSA. The NAWSA was an association that was put together between two associations to become one big one. This was a start for all the women who wanted their right to vote to come together and earn it. They made the NAWSA alive and they wanted to keep it going so that it would help gain and attain their right to vote (“National”). The women did not want it to die.
This association was formed by Susan B. Anthony in 1890 and has proven to be significant in promoting women’s rights. Through this meeting, the audience is shown
In this paper I will be going over issue 17, “Has the Women’s Movement of the 1970’s Failed to Liberate American Women?”. Sara M. Evans and F. Carolyn Graglia each voice their opinions about the issue. They talk about the history of the women’s movement throughout time and the effects it had in our country. F. Carolyn Graglia writes about how she agrees the movement has failed to liberate American women. Her views on feminism concluded that the feminist movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s was a reasonable but a faulty idea, in that it was based on a worthy opinion (that all men and women should be equal).
At the height of her success, Carrie Chapman Catt served her second term as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1916. A plan was implemented by Mrs. Catt called the “Winning Plan”, it was to be kept secret, to prevent the anti-suffragists from sabotaging it. In this ‘winning plan’, Carrie Chapman Catt showed the public her strengths that defined who she really was. Carrie Chapman Catt was an intelligent strategist who planned her moves before attacking.
This primary source is a political cartoon that was drawn in 1909 by E.W. Gustin. He named it “Election Day!” This cartoon was created to show men in America what would happen if they voted for women suffrage. Women suffrage went as far back as 1869 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her partner, Susan B. Anthony launched the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) demanding the vote for women. Suffragists won victories in Colorado in 1893, and Idaho in 1896.
Men have dominated the political arena up until the 1920’s when suffrage movements were emerging worldwide. No matter where one would have turned, gender balancing was not even a thought. Women’s participation was nonexistent. In fact there had only been forty four women in the United States Senate since it was instituted in 1789. Their presence in the global political landscape was sparse.