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The Women’s Suffrage Movement & The 19 th Amendment

The Women’s Suffrage Movement & The 19 th Amendment. The Arguments. The Arguments. The Arguments. The Arguments. So how DID women get the right to vote?. Suffragists formed a political party…. The National Woman’s Party was founded in 1913 by Alice Paul.

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The Women’s Suffrage Movement & The 19 th Amendment

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  1. The Women’s Suffrage Movement & The 19th Amendment

  2. The Arguments

  3. The Arguments

  4. The Arguments

  5. The Arguments

  6. So how DID women get the right to vote? Suffragists formed a political party… The National Woman’s Party was founded in 1913 by Alice Paul

  7. So how DID women get the right to vote? Suffragists marched in New York City… New York City, 1913

  8. So how DID women get the right to vote? And they marched in Washington D.C… Washington D.C., 1913

  9. So how DID women get the right to vote? Suffragistsgave speeches… New York City, 1913

  10. So how DID women get the right to vote? They held conventions… 1848 1900

  11. So how DID women get the right to vote? Suffragists picketed outside of the White House… 1917

  12. So how DID women get the right to vote? They performed skits… Washington, D.C., 1913

  13. So how DID women get the right to vote? They wrote and performed songs…

  14. So how DID women get the right to vote? They even went to jail… This is Helena Hill Weed. She was put in jail for 3 days for carrying a banner that said, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

  15. So how DID women get the right to vote? Many women were unlawfully arrested for protesting and were imprisoned for weeks. While in prison, they went on hunger strike to bring international attention to their cause. The prison guards decided to Force feed the women, which Made them very ill. Alice Paul, leader of the NWP

  16. The First Amendment What in the world does the women’s suffrage movement have to do with the first amendment?

  17. The 19th Amendment • The 19th amendment was finally written and passed in Congress in the year 1919 (72 years after the first women’s rights convention), but it was not ratified until 1920. • WHY? • Because 3/4th of the states had to vote to approve the amendment. Tennessee was the 36th state to vote yes on the amendment making it the deciding state!

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