Women ‘s HistoryFrom

1620-1920

Pre/Post TestWho is…1. Susan B. Anthony2. Amelia Bloomer3. Alice Paul 4. When did women get the vote?5. How many years after White men?6. Name one more cause women

fought for besides the Vote…

Women’s History

Interactive PowerPoint

Often in the study of American History it would seem only white men did anything of note. Recently, educators are making an effort to be inclusive of all who made a difference. One such group is Women.

300 Years is a LONG Time• We are now going to make a human

timeline.• We will begin in 1620 when Pilgrim men

voted on the way the colony should be governed.

• There may be important dates marked along the way…

• I will each of you a date arrange yourselves in chronological order.

Timeline Questions• How many years from the time white

men voted until women voted?• How many years did all women try to get

the vote?• How many years did white men try to get

the vote?• FYI… black men got the vote right after the

Civil War . In the south Jim Crow Laws prevented all blacks from voting but that is a story for another day…

What took so long???

• When women arrived from Europe to the colonies, voting was one of the least of unfair laws about how women were treated.

• Women could NOT: Go to School then High School then College Own anything, their husbands owned their

clothes, their children, everything including anything they inherited from their own families.

What about Girls???• Girls could not wear pants in fact they had to

wear so many underclothes that they may have weighed as much as 15 extra pounds.

• They could not participate in sports or even ride a bike.

• The future include one of a few options:Marry and become ruled by your husbandBecome a teacher(need to go to HS)Become a “Old Maid” and live out your life on the

goodness of your family and in return you take care of them.

Another Activity• Close your eyes and visualize your life as it might have

been before Women Right’s changed.• Boys -think about all boy’s schools, all boy’s playing sports,

riding a bike, your Dad and eventually you having total control over your family

• Girls- think about having no real say in your life and facing the fact that it will always be so

• Talk to each other (partners) about what came to your mind• Quick Write about 2-4 sentences about your life before

Women’s Rights

Revolutionary War Hero• Name 2 more…

Civil Rights Hero

• Name two more…

Activity # 3People have for a long time been familiar with

the heroes of our fight for independence.Name Two• 1.• 2.In recent years people have become familiar

with heroes of Civil Rights Movement.Name Two 1. 2.Get your chart with women’s names out…

Names Symbol Brief description

Lucy StoneWedding Rings First woman to marry that

was not husband’s propertyKept her name

Elizabeth Cady StantonBook Began Woman Suffragette

movement with SBA Wrote History of Woman’s Suffrage Movement

Susan B. AnthonySilver dollar Fought for equal pay for

women teachers

Sojourner Truth Microphone (metaphor) Made a famous speech

“Aint I am Women fighting for all women not just white women

Clara BartonRed Cross Nursed men on the

battlefield during the Civil War

Amelia Bloomer Bloomers Designed and wore first women’s trousers

Alice PaulPicket sign Kept movt alive when

others died. Began in 1910

Women Rights Heroines• Notice the picket sign

• One law we haven’t talked about is Women could not talk at a gathering where men were present.

• HOWEVER, women became involved in two causes they believed in : Temperance and Anti –Slavery.

• They began to break the law and speak out and people including men began to listen.

• So then they began to speak out, have marches and in general make everyone aware of a Women’s Right to Vote.

Speaker Women

Make Three Picket Signs

Make 3 Picket signs on the hand out….Make one picket sign-Anti- SlaveryMake one picket sign- Temperance (Anti-

Alcohol)Make one picket sign- Women ‘s Right to

Vote

Examples of Picket Signs• Make 3 more…

Finally…

• On August 26 , 1920 -300 years after white men , 27 million WOMEN got the vote. All the

heroines who fought so hard were gone but their legacy allows the choices you and I have today. We can vote, go to college, wear pants, speak to any group, own our personal belongings including property, have any career we want ..

Thanks, Ladies…• Because of you…

• Our possibilities are limitless