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How was the general atmosphere towards women's suffrage in the late 19th century and early 20th century
reaction to women's suffrage
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Lifestyles were changing, and as women more frequently worked alongside men, they wanted the same rights as men. In the book cited below, a women's suffrage parade in New York was described as women professionals marching "five abreast" up Fifth Avenue in 1912 with thousands of onlookers and "none jeered". Suffrage was often an upper-class woman's cause, though.
The suffrage movement during this period, like any societal change, was met with strong opposition. Claims were made that having the vote would cause women to "lose their femininity". Child labor opponents, unions, and socialists were also pushing for change, sometimes arm-in-arm with suffragettes. Arrests were common - one woman's record showed at least 12 arrests for various causes.
Interestingly, I have a History textbook written in 1872 to which I refer whenever I want to know what was the standard belief of that time. In this book, women's issues and voting is not mentioned whatsoever. From this, I gather that either the movement had not yet reached prominence - or the authors chose to ignore it as nothing important.
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Lifestyles were changing, and as women more frequently worked alongside men, they wanted the same rights as men. In the book cited below, a women's suffrage parade in New York was described as women professionals marching "five abreast" up Fifth Avenue in 1912 with thousands of onlookers and "none jeered". Suffrage was often an upper-class woman's cause, though.
The suffrage movement during this period, like any societal change, was met with strong opposition. Claims were made that having the vote would cause women to "lose their femininity". Child labor opponents, unions, and socialists were also pushing for change, sometimes arm-in-arm with suffragettes. Arrests were common - one woman's record showed at least 12 arrests for various causes.
Interestingly, I have a History textbook written in 1872 to which I refer whenever I want to know what was the standard belief of that time. In this book, women's issues and voting is not mentioned whatsoever. From this, I gather that either the movement had not yet reached prominence - or the authors chose to ignore it as nothing important.
source(s):
Zinn, Howard. (1999) A People's History of the United States (Twentieth Anniversary Edition)
Zinn, Howard. (1999) A People's History of the United States (Twentieth Anniversary Edition)
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