The Anti-Suffrage Movement

Agenda 2/8-9:

1. Students analyzed a series of documents. The created a graphic organizer as they analyzed the documents. They used four columns on their graphic organizers: Document | Date | Author's view on suffrage | Evidence from the text
2. Students discussed and defined what is meant by feminism.
3. They then listened to an interview with conservative Phyllis Schlafly. They made a concept web with "What is Feminism?" in the center, surrounded by three smaller circles: "You";"Others";"Phyllis Schlafly".

HOMEWORK:

QUIZ - Women's Movement - Wed. 2/17-22. 

For the quiz, you will answer TWO of the following prompts:

• Identify and evaluate several arguments for and against women's suffrage from the early 1900s.
• Explain several ways in which women in the West had more opportunity than those in the dominant Victorian society.
• Discuss the purpose and outcomes of the Seneca Falls convention.
• Identify one woman reformer. Describe her goals and methods.
• "The Women's Suffrage movement was a cohesive movement that generally employ one approach to gaining the right to vote." To what extent do you agree with this statement?