The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The 19th Amendment | 5

American History Tellers

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As America entered World War I, the suffrage movement split into a two-pronged attack. Alice Paul and her National Woman’s Party took their protests to the White House gates. Meanwhile, Carrie Chapman Catt and her group, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, lobbied to prove the loyalty and patriotism of American women, hoping they would be rewarded with the ballot.

Together, these two groups would finally succeed in pushing a new amendment through Congress, granting women the right to vote. But before it could become law, it would have to be ratified by the states – leading to a dramatic showdown in the final state the suffragists needed, Tennessee.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.6	Imagine it's June 1917 and you're standing outside the White House gates in Washington,
0:24.2	DC.
0:25.2	You're a mother of two from North Carolina.
0:28.0	But a few months ago you left your teaching job to devote all your time to fighting for
0:32.5	suffrage.
0:33.5	You and your fellow protesters from the National Women's Party have been silently
0:37.4	picketing the White House for months.
0:40.0	But this week you've escalated the protest with a new, extra-large banner.
0:44.9	You hope it captures the attention of the President and the press.
0:48.6	You turn to a fellow protester.
0:50.2	I'll never understand how Wilson can boast about American democracy to our allies.
0:56.8	One half the country can't even vote.
0:59.5	Your friend shakes her head as she helps you unfurl the 10-foot banner.
1:03.4	You smile as you read the bold black words criticizing President Wilson for his position
1:08.2	against suffrage.
1:09.8	You know the banner is provocative.
1:11.7	You had to paint a new one yesterday after an angry mob shredded the previous one.
1:16.2	But you want to be provocative.
1:18.6	Politicians like Wilson have ignored women's voting rights for far too long.
1:23.8	All of a sudden a dozen men round the corner run towards you on the sidewalk.
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