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Home 1920's Topics __1920’s Project Assignment__ League of Woman's Voters, Carrie Chapman Catt Drew Sarno

 __Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due Tuesday, February 7 __ Each topic includes an association or movement and an individual. Please write __two__ extended power paragraphs that address the following prompt:**Explain the achievements associated with your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1920s. Explain the relationship between the individua****l and the association or movement.**

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"Carrie Lane Chapman Catt was one of the leading fighters for the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave woman in the United States the right to vote in the 1920's" (Alberts). Carrie grew up in Iowa most of her life. She then became a teacher and then later the superattendent of the school. Her first husband died and after she married George Catt. He was a whealthy engineer which gave Carrie the chance to travel spreading the woman's sufferage. She then became close with susan Anthony who later elected her the president of National American Woman Sufferage. "A leader of the Woman Sufferage Movement, Carrie Chapman Catt was a peace advocate during most of World War I, then became the influential supporter of the American War Effort" (Appier). Carrie worked most of her life promoting woman sufferage and trying to make a change about it. She was a big factor on many rights that woman have today.======

"Formed as an global extension of the national american woman sufferage movement (NAWSA), the internation woman sufferage alliance (IWSA) was founded to promotewoman sufferage around the world" (Fawcett). An example of this would be Carrie Catt. She went around promoting this and eventually a change happened. The organization was formed in 1890 and was created to make equal rights between men and woman. Many woman started to join this associations and coming together to promote this issue. It eventually became so big and strong that there was no way the government could turn them down. The organizations continue today as a support group for woman.

__Task Two-EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE-Due Friday, February 10__ **Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of three credible sources. Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1920s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First century.** POST PARAGRAPHS HERE "When a just cause reaches its flood-tide . . . whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power" (Catt). This was one of the many inspiring quotes that were said by Catt. Her goals to endure and accomplish the equal rights between men and woman could overpower any person telling her or the group that it would not happen. Her main focus or influence was the woman of the 1920's. "Carrie Chapman Catt was one of the leading fighters for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women in the United States the right to vote in 1920" (ABC). The influence was large. She was not at all the only woman fighting for these rights but rather a spokesperson for the group. The society that was influenced the most would be the lower/middle class because they have been treated poorly. Rather than the upper class where the woman would not care about voting because they had all they wanted and the lower/middle class woman wanted to vote so they could fight to have a better life.

In 1919, Carrie Chapman Catt conceived of the idea of an organization to unite women once they were enfranchised, and in February 1921, the LWV was formed at a convention celebrating the sufferage victory of its parent organization, the (NAWSA). Roughly 5% of NAWSA became members of LWV" (CLIO). Catt had the idea to create this group and it later made other groups that would fight for woman's sufferage. She was the start of basically a practice of fighting for woman's rights. These woman would not take no for a answer and all fought for what they beileved in. "In 1913, they formed a new organization, (CU). In 1917, this group merged with Woman's Party to form the NWP" (G&O). This show's how many other groups were being created because of Catt. Her legacy was that she created this organization that essentially would help all woman aropund the world. The impact that Catt has created in the Twenty-First century is that woman now have equal rights. They can vote and do everything a male is allowed to do. This was a big step in woman's history all because of Carrie Chapman Catt.

Task ThreeJUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATION---Due Feb. 15 **Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic, and you know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, what were the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the Great Man Continuum to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each citing a minimum of three credible sources.** POST PARAGRAPHS HERE "Carrie Chapman Catt first proposed a League of Women Voters to "finish the fight" and work to end all discrimination against women. The League of Women Voters was founded on Valentine's Day in 1920, six months before the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote" (Toledo). Catt was the main force for the organization and helped create the base for the organization. "As an organizer and a strategiest she turned the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) from loosely run local organizations into a tightly knit political machine" (Meller). This shows how she took a small organization to a big one that changed woman's rights forever. Woman in the organization now had a bigger determination to influence people to be part of this organization. Many woman were effected and excited about this which is the reason it finally passed.

The long run influence on the society is that womans sufferage is much different now then what it used to be. If it wasnt for Carrie and the organization maybe woman wouldnt even be able to vote today. They were a big moment in history and changed many things. "The League of Women Voters has a long and distinguished history. It was born out of a 72-year struggle to gain women the right to vote" (Roberts). It has taken a long time for the organization to process and to gain what it set out for but in the long run they have gained it and now woman around today have equal rights. "Honored and praised by countless institutions for her more than half-century of public service, Carrie Chapman Catt died of heart failure at her New Rochelle, New York, home on March 9, 1947" (Natt). This shows how basically Catt's whole life was dedicated to helping people and trying to create a atmosphere with equal rights and responsibilities.

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Fawcett. //Fofweb//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <Carrie Chapman Catt, Millicent Fawcett, and Other Board Members of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.“ American Women’s History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/‌activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE42&iPin=awhm1020&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 6, 2012)>.

G&O. //National Woman’s Party.“ American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://americangovernment.abc-clio.com/‌Search/‌Display/‌201468?terms=carrie+chapman+catt>.

Meller, Marcia. //Women’s Almanac. Volume 2: Society. Edited by Linda Schmittroth and Mary Reilly McCall. Detroit: UXL – Gale Research, 1997, pp250-51//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.iptv.org/‌iowapathways/‌mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000340>.

Natt, George. //Carrie Chapman Catt, Girlhood home (Ninteenth Amendment association)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.catt.org/‌ccabout.html>.

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Toledo. //The League of woman’s voters, of Toledo Lucus county//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.lwvtoledo.org/>.

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