Womens rights and campaigns up to the First World War.

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What was the WCTU?

Womens Christian Temperance Union.

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How many members did the Womens Christian Temperance Union have in 1920?

By 1920 it had gained 800,000 members.

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Who was Frances Willard?

The leader of the WCTU became a political force capable of lobbying state legislation and getting local areas and even whole states to ban alcohol sales.

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What was the NWSA and when was it formed?

The National Woman Suffrage Association formed by Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1869.

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What was the result of legal challenges from the NWSA on the Supreme Court in 1875?

The Supreme Court confirmed that women could not run for congress but local states could allow voting- Wyoming (1869) and Utah (1870)

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What restrictions were there on women voting at the start of the period?

Some states allowed only married women with school aged children to vote. Southern states were unwilling to give any voting rights to African American women.

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Who campaigned to persuade more states to allow women to vote?

Leader of the NWSA Carrie Chapman Catt.

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What was the 19th Amendment and when was it passed?

Passed in congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920 giving women the right to vote.

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What did the NWSA do in the First World War?

Urged federal and state governments to support women working for the war effort.

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Why were the results after the First World War disappointing in the short term for women rights?

Women still had to gain influence in the democratic and republican parties. Women did not vote in huge numbers in the 1920s. The NWSA became the League of Women Voters but attracted fewer than 10% of its former members.

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How many members did the Womens Christian Temperance Union have in 1920?

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By 1920 it had gained 800,000 members.

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Who was Frances Willard?

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What was the NWSA and when was it formed?

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Womens rights and campaigns up to the First World War.