America Comes of Age Lesson 2 Women Gain Rights

Key Terms Florence Kelley National Consumers League temperance movement Frances Willard suffrage Margaret Sanger Ida B. Wells Carrie Chapman Catt National American Woman Suffrage Association Alice Paul Nineteenth Amendment

Academic Vocabulary recruit: to form a group by persuading people to join squander: to spend in a foolish or wasteful way strategy: a plan or an action based on a plan

Lesson Objectives 1. Analyze actions taken by women to address social issues affecting workers and families. 2. Explain actions taken during the Progressive era to expand opportunities for women, including the right to vote. 3. Evaluate the tactics reform leaders used to win passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Expanding Opportunities for Women: Text 1. Identify Cause and Effect What trends led to the rise of the suffrage movement in the 1890s?

2. Analyze Interactions Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League put special labels on good that were produced under “fair, safe, and healthy working conditions.” Give an example of how this is still important to consumers today.

3. Draw Inferences How was the women’s suffrage movement connected to the temperance movement?

4. Cite Evidence Why did Margaret Sanger view birth control as a women’s rights issue? Look for evidence throughout the text to explain.

5. Identify Supporting Details What unique challenges did Ida B. Wells face in fighting for rights for African American women?

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Women Seek Equal Political Rights: Text 6. Analyze Style and Rhetoric In the Ladies Home Journal excerpt, how did Jane Addams use language to persuade women of the importance of women’s suffrage?

7. Analyze Interactions of People and Events How did the women’s suffrage movement benefit from linking itself with Progressivism?

8. Summarize Describe Alice Paul’s impact on the women’s suffrage movement.

9. Compare and Contrast Compare the approaches of Carrie Chapman Catt and NAWSA and Alice Paul and the NWP toward women’s suffrage. Both claimed credit for the Nineteenth Amendment. Who do you think deserved more credit, and why?

10. Analyze Sequence How did the Russian Revolution affect the women’s suffrage movement in the United States?

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