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What progress has been made by 1900 - Coggle Diagram
What progress has been made by 1900
Civil War
Total War - no unrestricted territory
Smashing stereo types
Exposes women to the brutal war
Women have gained progress through prohibition
1880 - 27000 women joined WCTU
WCTU - Women's Christian Temperance Union
Religion
Women set up Sunday Schools ~ to influence the younger generation
Seneca Falls
1848 Conference set up by middle class women to discus the issue of suffrage (National Level)
Urban
Abolitionists
Gained skills through lobbying and rallies
Charities
Pensions for widows and disabled
1880's Housing movement
Rural
Petition to stop railroads being built
Lobbied prices for farmers
Native American Rights
Malpractice
Keen to fight
150 women registered to vote, they were then arested.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852
Book about the atrocities of slavery, mostly read by the middle class as they were educated.
SOME STATES made progress
By 1870, both Wyoming and Utah women had the right to vote
HOWEVER this was NOT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL
Dependant on social status you were allowed to vote
If you had a husband
If you had a child of a certain age