Reforms Demanded - What did women want? (e.g., laws, opportunities, changes in societal attitudes).

It has been said that no great reform was ever made without passing through three states-ridicule, argument and adoption.' The History of Equal Suffrage in Colorado, 1868-1898, by Joseph G. On January 3, 1870, Territorial Governor General Edward McCook, in his message to the Legislature, recommended an extension of the franchise to women, in the following language: 'Our higher civilization has recognized woman's equality with man in all other respects save one-suffrage.

Analysis of the Woman's Suffrage MovementĪnaylsis of the Women's Suffrage Movement.

compare the states' methods for achieving suffrage with the national methods analyzing reasons for their differences.

understand the importance of altering methods for achieving reforms in response to changing times and barriers and.

describe and compare methods used by suffragists to pass the 19th amendment at the national level.

understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920 and reforms women wanted.

understand the importance of primary sources in historical inquiry.The modern woman's suffrage movement began in the 1840s with the Seneca Falls Convention. Women obtained the right to vote nationwide in 1920.

Youngest parader in New York City suffragist parade Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

The Girl Who Never Was by Jan Alexander