Sunday, March 15, 2009

Women's Rights - Mr. Harris













E. Women's rights

1. While the number of employed women stayed constant from 1900-1920 (20%), the type of work switched from domestic labor (servants, cooks, launderesses) to clerical work (clerks, typists, bookkeepers), factory work, and professionals.
2. Most women still held the lowest paying and least opportune jobs
3. Significant Progressive feminists called for greater reform
a) Charlotte Perkins Gilman attacked the male monopoly on opportunity and declared that domesticity was an obsolete value for American women
b) Margaret Sanger led the movement to provide birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies among poor women
c) Suffragists urged that women be given the franchise, which came on the national level with the 19th Amendment (1919).


F. Child labor laws--most states passed minimum working age laws and prohibited children from working more than 10 hours per day, but enforcement was difficult to achieve.

G. Temperance--Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state level through blue laws and on the national level with the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.

1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.

2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?

62 comments:

  1. Rebecca K.
    Period 3

    Women’s Rights

    1. Issues that women went through during this time period were they couldn’t work decent jobs and were getting very low wages.
    2. The background that led to the 18th amendment was that the Anti –Saloon League and Women;s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state and national levels level which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor .

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  2. Melissa W.
    Per 4

    1) Woman went through various issues during the progressive time period. These include trouble finding decent jobs, low wages, unsafe working conditions, they were stuck working in unnecessary domestic jobs, they couldn’t vote, and they felt obsolete.
    2) The background leading up to the 18th Amendment was that temperance groups fought the issue of alcohol exposing its harmful effects on people and the way people act in society. The issue of alcoholism was growing rapidly. The 18th Amendment was ratified.

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  3. Eric S.
    period 5


    1) They don’t have the right to vote, no equal pay, they fought temperance movement, and they called for greater reform.
    2) Anti-saloon league and women Christian temperance union fought alcoholism on the state level.

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  4. Kevin M
    Period 3


    Women’s Rights
    1) During this time period, women faced many challenges including the lack of suffrage, poor working conditions, and inopportune jobs.


    2) The 18th amendment was passed due in part to the Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. These groups fought alcoholism in individual states until it was picked up by the Federal Government.

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  5. Katelyn B.
    Period 3

    V. Women’s Rights
    1. Women suffered from lower wages than men and less opportunity.
    2. The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state levels through blue laws and on the national level which led to the 18th Amendment.

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  6. Mike E
    Period 3

    1. Some Issues that women faced during this time period was the difficulty of finding a job that actually paid them a decent wage
    2. The 18th amendment was passed because of the Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union which both fought alcoholism in each state.

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  7. Nicole A., Period 3

    1.Women faced many problems, such as not having the right to vote and not being able to find decent jobs. During this time they called for greater reform.

    2.When temperance movements fought on the issue of alcohol, and when the federal government learned of the situation, they passed the 18th Amendment.

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  8. Ellie A. Period 3
    1. Women held the lowest paying and least opportune jobs, and they wanted reform. Birth control could not be obtained by poor women and they did not have the right to vote.
    2. Anti Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union took control of the issue of prohibition on the state level. They wanted the use consumption of alcohol to be abolished.

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  9. Emily M.
    Pr 3

    1. Women really suffered. They suffered with lack of work, and the poor conditions they faced. And not many jobs.
    2. issues that led to the 18th amendment were the Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state level.

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  10. Mike M
    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period. Most women held the lowest paying job and lest opportunistic.


    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment? Anti-saloon league and women Christian temperance union fought alcoholism on the state level.

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  11. Taylor C. Period 4

    Women’ Rights
    1.During this time period women had to work the lowest paying jobs as well as the least opportune jobs.

    2.Women’s Christian leagues and Anti saloon league began by fighting alcoholism on the state level with blue laws which eventually led to them fighting it at the national level with the 18th amendment.

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  12. Nick G
    Harris 4


    1. women suffered from low wages, horrible jobs, unfair treatment and not being able to vote
    2. Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state level through blue laws and on the national level with the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.

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  13. Francesca C.
    period 4

    1. Women worked jobs that were demanding, but very low-paying. They also did not yet have the right to vote.

    2. Believers in temperance believed that alcohol was linked to criminal behavior, in addition to the fact that it had a negative effect on the way people acted. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Temperance Union fought for the prohibition of alcohol.

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  14. Robert W
    Mr. Harris
    Period 4

    Womens Rights

    1. Women faced many problems in society in this time. They had no voting rights, held low paying jobs with low opportunities. They wanted reform but had no say or rights to start a good reform movement.
    2. When temperances movements faught the issue of alcohol, such as the Anti-Saloon League and Womens Christian temperance Movements

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  15. Dave R.
    Per. 5

    Women's rights

    Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    Most women had the lowest paying and the least opportunity for jobs, and the jobs had unsafe conditions to work in.

    What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism and the 18th amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of liquor.

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  16. Sara.S.
    PD.4

    1.Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    Women had the lowest paying and least opportune jobs. Margaret Sanger led the movement to provide birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies among poor women.

    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    What led to the 18th amendment was the Anti-saloon league, and women’s temperance union, fought alcoholism on the state level.

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  17. Brittany S. Period 5

    Women’s Rights Movement

    1.Women received the lowest pay and the least amount of opportune jobs.
    2.The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on state laws. This finally led to the 18th amendment.

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  18. per 5
    Justin L
    1. They had the lowest pay, least opportunities.
    2. Anti-saloon league and the women’s Christian temperance union fought alcoholism through the use of the blue laws which created the background for the 18th amendment.

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  19. andrew r
    Mr.Harris
    Period 5

    Women’s Rights

    1) Women had low paying jobs, women began doing more clerical work, they had little opportunity to get jobs, and women were fighting for birth control and control of male monopolies.
    2) The anti-saloon league and women’s Christian temperance union fought alcoholism in all states.

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  20. Elana S
    Mr. Harris
    Period 5

    Woman’s Rights:

    1. The issues that women went through during this time period were they had no voting rights, they weren’t allowed to go out and work, they had to work at home, if they were allowed to work, places were very limited and they had the lowest income.
    2. The background that led to the 18th amendment was the temperance. Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state level through blue laws and on the national level.

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  21. TJ s Period 5
    1
    Q.) Explain the issues that women went through during this time period
    A.) During this time period women faced many challenges. These challenges included low paying; high labor jobs which could cause serious injury, women still received little to no respect from men and women were still not given basic liberties that their male counterpart received.

    Q.) What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    A.) The 18th amendment was a result of the temperance movement. This was an attempt by conservative women to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed within a community or society in general and even to prohibit its production and consumption entirely.

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  22. Eve Kousourou
    Period 4
    Women’s rights

    1) Women couldn’t find jobs, they were paid very low wages, the working conditions were hazardous, as well as only doing domestic labor.
    2) What led to the 18th amendment was that temperance groups had fought the issue of alcohol through blue laws and on a national level. It showed the harmful effects alcohol had on people, then prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of liquor.

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  23. HeatherS per5
    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    Women experienced many issues during this time. They although working many of the same jobs as men received much lower wages. They were battling for equal rights and opportunity as men.

    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    Consumption of alcohol was discouraged by law in many of the states before the civil war. The Civil War distracted the public from the temperance movement. Many saloons were created to drink and gamble. This led to the so-called "Women's War" in 1873. The movement became more organized and the Anti-Saloon League was established in 1893. The ASL's goal was national prohibition. It became a success when the 18th amendment was established in Dec.19 1919

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  24. Laura Y.
    Period 5

    Women’s Rights

    1.During this time period, women had the least opportunities. In the work force, they were given the lowest amount of pay, worked in unsafe conditions, and couldn’t vote. They wanted greater reform for themselves and started the temperance movement.
    2.The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. The amendment was passed with the help of the Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. They believed that alcohol had a negative effect on people’s behavior and lead to criminal tendencies.

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  25. Will C.
    Per. 4

    1. In the early 1900’s women were discriminated against by being given less job opportunities and also lower wages.
    2. The 18th amendment was made due to the Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union which fought against the manufacturing, sale and transportation of liquor.

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  26. Jackie G
    Period 4


    E. Women’s rights
    1. The issues that women went through during this time period was a vast amount of unemployment which stayed constant from 1900-1920. Also, most women faced still holding the lowest paying jobs and the jobs that offered the least opportunity. Women were faced were severe discrimination due to their role in society. Just because they were women, many people/jobs looked at them as useless and a waste of money.


    2. The background which led to the 18th amendment was Prohibition. The average American in the 1790s drank 3 times as much as they did in the 1990s. After the Civil War, several prohibition groups were formed, wanting to ban the consumption of alcohol. Prohibition led to temperance which would ban alcohol. This soon led to the ratification of the 18th amendment which prohibited "the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors."

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  27. Kim M.
    Period: 5

    Women’s Rights
    1.Women had less job opportunities, and suffered from lower wages then men.
    2.The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism with the 18th Amendment which prohibited the consumption of alcohol.

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  28. Jaimie K, Period 3
    Women’s Rights
    1.) During the progressive movement women faced many issues. Most women were employed to help their families make enough money but they were at the bottom of the money making chain. Women made the least amount of money and had the least amount of opportunity. Women also wanted the right to vote. Most men felt that women were inferior and understood why they were not aloud to vote. However, women suffragists fought for fair women’s rights.
    2.) During the 1900’s alcohol was a fairly new substance that was being sold. Many men would go to work and after go to a saloon or bar and get drunk. When they returned home they would beat their wives and children. Alcohol was also used in a lot of house hold products. An invention was made for teething children. You would apply this medicine on their gums and it would make them feel better. However, as years passed children became addicted to the teething medicine until finally it was banned.

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  29. Allie L.
    Period 4



    1) During this time period women went through work with very low wages, and had the least opportunities for jobs.
    2) The backgrounds that lead to the 18th amendment was the anti-saloon league came about, and women fought alcoholism on the state level and eventually moved up to a national law banning liquor.

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  30. Liz B.
    Period 4
    1. Through this time and period women were not treated fairly as the men. They had low wages, unfair employment, and no right to vote. Women didn’t have a say in what they should have a say in and had absolutely no rights. Many reformists had very enlightening ideas but were turned down very often.
    2. The Anti-Saloon and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union led to the 18th Amendment. These two groups fought alcoholism. Then the 18th Amendment came along and prohibited manufacture, transportation, and sale of liquor.

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  31. Natalie S
    period 5

    1. Some issues that woman were dealing with were low pay for the jobs that they had, and they weren't allowed to vote. Men also had more job opportunitities.
    2. The Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on a state level. As a result of these, the 18th Amendment was passed.

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  32. Clare B.
    Period 5

    1.Woman do not have the right to vote, lower wages then men, and poor working conditions.
    2.Anti-saloon league and womans christian temperance union fought alcoholism on the state level through blue laws and on the national level with the 18th ammendment.

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  33. James Buzzetta Period 3
    1. During this time women were restricted in opportunity and struggled to make money. Women mostly had low paying jobs and could not vote.
    2. Women’s suffering of their husbands coming home violent and spending too much time at local bars led to the eighteenth amendment. This prevented the making, consumption, and sale of intoxicating beverages.

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  34. Sam L
    Period 3

    Women’s Rights

    1. During this time period women has many challenges, such as poor working conditions, low wages and less opportunity then men, they also did not have the right to vote and they wanted the right for a reform
    2. Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian temperance union fought alcoholism and wanted the consumption of it to be abolished, this led to the 18th amendment

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  35. Cara S per 3

    1) The issues that women went through were poor working conditions such as dirty, unsafe, low wages, and long hours. They also couldn’t vote and they fought the Temperance movement which was when a union fought alcoholism on a state level.
    2) The background to the 18th Amendment was basically the Temperance movement. This was when an Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance union fought against alcoholism n a state level. It was trough blue laws and also on a national level. The 18th Amendment did not allow alcohol to be manufactured, sold, or transported.

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  36. Aimee H.
    Period: 4

    Women’s Rights
    1. Women still held the lowest paying, and least wanted jobs. They also had unsafe working conditions, and were still working some domestic jobs. Women also, did not have the right to vote.
    2. The Anti-Saloon League, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought for the same goal; alcoholism. They fought alcoholism on the state level through the use of blue laws, and on the nation level with the creation of the 18th Amendment.

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  37. Dan M, Period 5

    Women’s Right

    1. Women faced many issues at the turn of the century, they had no vote or representation in government, they held the lowest paying and least opportune jobs
    2. The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union fought alcoholism on the state levels and eventually as they gained support, the federal government stepped in and introduced the18th Amendment.

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  38. Danny M.

    1. Low paying jobs and least opportune jobs.
    2. The 18th amendment is the alcohol amendment, which was passed due to the climate formed by the women's fights over alcoholism.

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  39. Sara F
    Period 3
    Woman rights


    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    The issues that women went through during this time period were, very low pay and they couldn’t be apart of decent jobs to earn the low money that they were getting. Also the unsafe working conditions that they came across affected their ability to work.

    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    The background that led to the 18th amendment was, it was passed in part to the anit-saloon league and also women’s Christian temperance union. (both fought alcoholism in each state.

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  40. Nick E.
    Per3

    Women’s Rights

    1. Women had to go through tough times, the conditions of which include less pay, poor work conditions and not being able to vote.

    2. Women protested against alcohol to prevent the abuse that followed the abuse of alcohol in most houses during the time period.

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  41. Jackie D.
    Period 3

    1) The issues woman went through at this time where they where turned away from jobs, or if they got one they where paid much less. They where also not allowed to vote.
    2) The background that led to the 18th Amendment was Woman fought against alcoholism and consumption of it to be abolished, this was a success.

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  42. Jess D
    3

    1. Women had the lowest pay and least job opportunities.
    2. Women fought against alcohol and the 18th amendment banned it.

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  43. Jaime C. period 3

    Women’s rights

    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period –
    The issues that women faced during this time period were many. They faced gender discrimination being looked on as the “weaker sex” as compared to men, and the suffered a lack of “suffrage” and other equal rights.
    2. What was the background that led to the 18th amendment? -
    The background of this amendment was constant women’s temperance movements and women rights groups fought against alcoholism.

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  44. Lindsey F-period 4
    1. Woman faced the hardships of not being able to vote, and being turned down for jobs.
    2.The background that leg to the alcohol ammendment was the face that woman fought against alcoholism, proving that their voice matters.

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  45. keight w.
    period 4

    Women's rights
    1. Most women still held the lowest paying and least opportune jobs. They didn’t get paid as much as a man. they didn’t receive the credit they deserved for a job well done.
    2. They background to the 18th amendment was every simple. They women were sick of men coming home from work drunk and they hated how they spent all there time at saloons. So they the Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union fought to make drinking alcohol illegal.

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  46. Skye H- Period 4

    1. Women had limited rights, could not vote and held the lowest paying jobs.
    2. The 18th amendment banned sale and transportation of alcohol but was repealed It was fought by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Anti- Saloon League.

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  47. Brandon M
    Per 4
    1.They lacked the rights to vote, had unequal pay, and an overall lack of opportunity.
    2.The woman’s temperance movement and the anti saloon league toward alcohol is what led to the 18th amendment

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  48. Nicole M.
    Period:4

    1.Women couldn’t find a decent job they were working as cooks, and servants do more labor work, with horrible working conditions.
    2.The 18th amendment was passed because of the Anti-Saloon League which fought off alcoholism in places.

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  49. Chelsea irizarry
    period 4

    Women’s rights:
    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    Women went through a hard time. They still held the lowest paying jobs and they had less opportunity jobs. They worked in bad conditions
    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union both fought against alochal.

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  50. Jon Horn
    Harris History
    period 5

    1.) Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.

    Although the employment of women, from 1900 to 1920, maintained constant, women still were only able to get low paying jobs and only made up 20% of the workforce.

    2.) The 18th Ammendment was passed due to the Temperance union's goal to ban alcohol during the prohibition act.

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  51. Jennifer O.
    Period 5


    1.Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.

    Women had much hardship being accepted like a man, with the same rights; such as a fair job, with reasonable pay and hours.



    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?

    The 18th amendment was passed to a certain extent because of the Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. These different organizations fought against alcohol until the government recognized and took over for laws.

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  52. Courtney
    Period 4


    Women’s Rights
    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period. The issues that women went through during the time period were women had the lowest paying jobs with the least opportunities. Women had to have many movements and reforms in order to get their thoughts heard. If they did work, they worked in bad conditions which were bad for their safety and health.
    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment? The background which led to the 18th amendment was the Anti- Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union. They fought alcoholism which finally led to the 18th amendment.

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  53. Sarah A.
    period 5
    1.Some of the issues that women went through was, lower wages then men they didn’t have the right to vote and they had poor working conditions.
    2.The 18th amendment was passed because of the Anti- Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Both of these were against alcoholism in each state.

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  54. Ryan Dunleavy
    Period 5


    Woman’s rights

    1 Explain the issues that woman went through during this time period.
    -The woman was going through a very rough time. They were getting paid low wages and couldn’t get good working hours.
    2 What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    - Anti-saloon league and women Christian temperance union fought alcoholism on the state level.

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  55. Brendan L.

    Women’s Rights

    1. The issue women went through during this time was that they were not at all treated equally in the workforce.
    2. Women all over began to fight for more rights; they felt extremely passionate about this and fought very strongly. Slowly the women became a stronger force and now even men began to agree with equal rights and in the end they won their rights.

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  56. Jamie N.
    Period:5

    Women’s rights

    1. Women were not allowed to be employed at certain jobs that men were and men were being paid higher wages then women. The jobs they were allowed to be employed at usually had very unsafe working conditions. The biggest unjust thing women had to face during this period of time was that fact that they couldn’t even vote.
    2. The unions women started forming started fighting how alcohol could be sold, where it could be sold, and finally the transportation.

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  57. Patricia Moore
    Per. 5

    Women’s Rights
    1) Women went through many different things to achieve any sort of rights. Although women were working their way into the business world and corporate America, it was at a very slow pace and women were still being paid significantly paid less than men.

    2) The 18th amendment was geared towards prohibition. It fought alcoholism on a federal level, versus a state level. It was pushed by many women’s groups who were heavily against alcoholism and the manufacturing, sale and transport of alcohol.

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  58. Raven B.

    Period 5

    Women’s Rights


    1. Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.
    Answer: Women faced many issues during the Progressive Era. Women during this time period received lower wages than men did. Women still did not have the right to cast a vote. There were some jobs women could not have at this time. Also, working conditions were very poor and unsafe for women to work in. Overall the women felt like they were neglected.
    2. What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?
    Answer: There were people who formed temperance groups which led to temperance movement in 1900s. These temperance groups sought to ban the use of alcohol, although there were a few that wanted to enforce the public to be more responsible with the consumption of alcohol. People believed that the reason there was domestic violence and crime was because alcohol was modifying the behaviors of people in society (in a negative way).

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  59. Chris A.
    Period 4

    E.

    1. The feminist work force remained at its standard number of around 20%, however women switched from laborious house work to clerical works and took charge of stores and libraries. They were still underpaid and received the least commodities.
    2. Many women in the 20th century fought for women’s rights. Some of the most influential were Charlotte Perkins Gilman who exposed and criticized male monopolies on economy and politics. This was just something going on during this time period. A radical women’s group fought side by side with the proposed prohibition by asking for blue laws and joining with the Anti Saloon League.

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  60. Taylor S.
    Period 5

    Women’s Rights

    1. It was very hard for women to get jobs in the early 1900s. The jobs they did receive did not pay as much as a man’s work and they were treated with sexist stereotypes.
    2. The background leading to the 18th Amendment was that the Anti-saloon league and women’s Christian Temperance Union wanted to prohibit alcohol nation wide. This amendment did not last because of the ridiculous principles behind it.

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  61. Mickey A.
    Per. 3

    1) The women of this time struggled with less rights, not as many oppurtunities as men, and lower waiges and poor working conditions.
    2) Some events that led to the 18th ammendment was the abuse of alchohal. The anti saloon league faught for this prohibiton an a state level.

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  62. Dan S p.3
    Explain the issues that women went through during this time period.




    Women had to go through people feeling there only job basically was to stay at home, women couldn’t vote, or run for public office. In addition any women that tried to find jobs were discriminated, and recieved lower pay.




    What was the background which led to the 18th amendment?

    What lead to the 18th amendment was that the anti saloon league and the Womens Christian temperance movement fought to eliminate the consumtion of alcohol.

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