A short history of the U.S. suffrage movement
July 1848 : Seneca Falls Convention in New York. At the convention, the female organizers presented a women's bill of rights. “They had a list of 19 complaints, if you will, and then a list of 11 resolutions, which basically demanded that women be equal with men before the law," Varney says. “The 9th resolution was the most controversial because that called for women to 'secure to themselves the sacred rights of the elected franchise,' which would of course be the right to vote.” In a male-dominated society, Varney said, the idea was laughed at. bill of rights déclaration des droits / complaint (motif de) plainte, grief / if you will en quelque sorte / basically essentiellement / to demand réclamer / before ici, devant / law loi / to secure to oneself s'assurer / (elective) franchise ici, droit de vote.
1861 : With the start of the Civil War, Americans had other matters to attend to and women's suffrage was sort of pushed aside. Varney explains that this was due to prioritising the Civil Rights Movement : “A greater concern to a lot of people was what are we going to do with all of the former slaves? We have like 7 million people we have to decide what they are.” matter ici, sujet d'inquiétude, préoccupation / to attend to régler / sort of en quelque sorte / to push aside mettre de côté, délaisser / concern préoccupation / former ancien / slave esclave / like ici, environ.
1870 : The 15th amendment was passed, guaranteeing all men of all races the right to vote. to pass ici, adopter.
1878 : Women's Suffrage Amendment, written by Susan B. Anthony, was first introduced to Congress, and failed. Eventually, the women of the movement found a tactic that worked. “They sort of turned their oppressors' language against them,” Varney said. “Women were being told, 'You don't need the right to vote, and it wouldn't suit you anyway because politics is all about really important stuff that you don't know about or care about... You should stick to the home and the family.”
Using the idea of a woman's place being in the home, women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony argued that if women were given the right to vote, they could handle small issues that weren't of concern to men like family-related legislation. “That actually worked better because they were appealing of course to the ego of the men,” Varney said. to introduce to ici, soumettre à / to fail ici, être rejeté / eventually finalement / to suit convenir ici, être d'une grande utilité à / anyway de toute façon / stuff ici, questions, sujets / to stick, stuck, stuck to ici, (en) rester à / to argue avancer comme argument / to handle ici, traiter / issue question, sujet / family-related d'ordre familial / actually dans les faits / to appeal to faire appel/toucher à.
1919 : Anthony's amendment was passed by both branches of Congress and sent to the states for ratification. both les deux / branch ici, chambre.
1920 : Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it, making it federal law. Beginning of equality.