Week 7 Reflection, Womans' suffrage

After WW1, this was a time in American history for our country to really take off and flourish. A time to set ourselves above the rest of the world and become that dominant power that we have been looking to become years before that. With the ban of alcohol heading into the 1920’2 and the oppression of women, this was a trying time in our history. As far back as the Civil war, women have been trying to get some of the same rights and privileges as the men in our country. There was of course a huge split between who supported it and who didn’t. The 15th amendment included the right to black men to be able to vote and white women felt that they should be included in that. I think that both white and black women should’ve been included in that for equality sake. Liquor manufactures and saloon owners did not want women to have equal voting rights because there was a fear that they would vote in favor to ban the sales of alcohol. They also feared women would vote to ban child labor and put limitations on work hours in a day. 
I find it foolish that people really were scared and afraid that child labor laws, and limitations on work days would be voted to get regulated. To hold a whole group of people down and not allow them to vote and hold other equalities because you couldn’t exploit the country for every penny, it is a shame to our country. The men in this country were scared that women were trying to gain more rights for themselves and did no longer want to be held down by the men. This was demonstrated by men over and over again, with these quotes you can accurately see how men really thought about women. “There will be no more domestic tranquility in this nation. No more "Home Sweet Home," no more lullabies to the baby. Suffrage will destroy the best thing in our lives and leave in our hearts an aching void that the world can never fill.” “A vote for women would destroy the home and family”. As you can see how the view of women was like, and we now know eventually they got a couple more rights moving forward. We still have a long way to come, but we made good progress from the 1920’s- now. 



Women's suffrage activists holding signs about voting rights for women
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https://www.aclumaine.org/en/news/celebrate-womens-suffrage-dont-whitewash-movements-racism

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=11&smtID=2

Comments

  1. De'Shone BrownFebruary 29, 2020 at 11:23 PM

    Woman suffrage showed a unique power within. They never agreed what was going to with certain laws that showed any fairness towards them and they wasn't scared to get out and protest against the laws.

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  2. JustinMarch 7, 2020 at 2:49 PM

    The way they treated people has always been a down fall for America and needs to change. Women have been through so much in American and had to fight for every right that they have it’s crazy. They are so strong and need to be treated better.

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  3. Ivan the blogging thatMarch 7, 2020 at 11:02 PM

    hey i love your post and how you put it together. i also like that you said I find it foolish that people really were scared and afraid that child labor laws, and limitations on work days would be voted to get regulated. To hold a whole group of people down and not allow them to vote and hold other equalities because you couldn’t exploit the country for every penny, it is a shame to our country. keep it up i love the work.

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  4. Diggin’ Deep with AniasMarch 10, 2020 at 11:23 AM

    Great post! I always think this era really displayed the actual strength of women! American has put women and African Americans through so much unnecessary stress and strain and its always horrible and heart breaking to hear about. You did a great job at putting your perspective into words and having us understand your points better. great job!

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