Study Questions
1. For what reasons did people oppose woman suffrage? Why did many Progressives, who supported other reforms, oppose it?
2. In what ways did women not enjoy equality in law and custom in 1910?
3. Why was Alice Paul dissatisfied with the NAWSA program, and what was her contribution to the suffrage movement?
4. Describe the contribution of each of the following to the suffrage movement and mention the factors you consider to have been most important: Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, local suffragist workers, World War I, the Progressive Era, and Woodrow Wilson. Explain your answer.
5. Why did Alice Paul and Carrie Catt believe that the battle for women’s rights could not end with the passage of the Anthony Amendment? What further measures did they advocate?
1. For what reasons did people oppose woman suffrage? Why did many Progressives, who supported other reforms, oppose it?
2. In what ways did women not enjoy equality in law and custom in 1910?
3. Why was Alice Paul dissatisfied with the NAWSA program, and what was her contribution to the suffrage movement?
4. Describe the contribution of each of the following to the suffrage movement and mention the factors you consider to have been most important: Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, local suffragist workers, World War I, the Progressive Era, and Woodrow Wilson. Explain your answer.
5. Why did Alice Paul and Carrie Catt believe that the battle for women’s rights could not end with the passage of the Anthony Amendment? What further measures did they advocate?