Recommended: Iron Jawed Angels (HBO films)

• Anti-Suffragists DOCUMENTS A_B_C.pdf

• ANSWER SHEET Anti-Suffragists .rtf

INSTRUCTIONS

1. VIEW: I recommend viewing Iron Jawed Angels (HBO films) before this lesson, beginning at 1:12:23 (when Wilson announces U.S. entrance into WWI) through 1:19:40 (when the suffragettes are sentenced to jail). However, the movie is NOT essential to the lesson.

THINK ABOUT: According to the movie, Iron Jawed Angels, why did so many people oppose woman suffrage?

Can’t view the movie? THINK ABOUT: Why did so many people oppose women’s suffrage (the right for women to vote)?

2. The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848 _ORIGINAL_.doc and/or LISTEN TO The Declaration of Sentiments from 1848.

The Declaration of Sentiments spoke about what life was like for women in the mid-19th century. By the beginning of the 1900s, many women were going to college, and many women, especially on the East Coast, were politically involved in Progressive causes—helping urban poor, Settlement Houses, temperance, muckraking, etc. Still, many people continued to oppose woman suffrage. For this Historical Challenge we’re going to ask: Why did people, including women, oppose woman suffrage?

3. ASSIGNMENT – Download, save, and complete the ANSWER SHEET Anti-Suffragists .rtf and Submit.

Your responses must be typed up in this Answer Sheet and submitted via the assignment link.

Read Anti-Suffragists DOCUMENTS A_B_C.pdf and complete the Graphic Organizer table and respond to each of the Reflect and Respond Questions.