Social Movements: Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights

Name : ____________________________ Due at the beginning of class Tues 5 /6 Quiz 3 : Social Movements : Women 's Suffrage and Civil Rights You may not e-mail the assignment - you must turn in a hard copy in person . No late assignments will be accepted 1 ) Choose one of the four women listed on the class webpage (Sojourner Truth , Susan B . Anthony , Carrie Catt or Alice Paul . Based on the reading and what you learned in the video what do you think motivated her to be involved in the women 's suffrage movement ? What do

you think made her an effective advocate for women 's suffrage

Sojourner Truth , before becoming a freedom fighter , was a slave . She was sold to be a wife of another slave , and her children were sold as slaves . She was released after the Anti-Slavery act in New York was enacted , and she then lived with a Quaker family , who then gave her some education

Her experience as a slave , coupled with the social environment of that time , pushed her to become a freedom fighter . She changed her name then to Sojourner Truth , and advocated several causes

It has been said that nothing is a better teacher than experience , and it is the most bitter too . Slavery definitely has taught much . It has taught Truth how it subjugates over human rights and reduces humans to mere things to be owned by their own species . This helped provide the foundation for her . Since knowing what it felt like to not have rights she knows how to relate to suffering people too . She knows the concrete ramifications of such a condition , so she knows how important it is to campaign for change

I think she became an effective advocate because she realized that certain laws are unjust , and that certain laws can correct unjust ones Having this sharp understanding , she sought to enact the suffrage of women , so that women will also have a say on laws that will affect their lives

2 ) The women 's suffrage lasted over several generations . What do you think was most important in sustaining the movement over such a long period of time

I think , not to be facetious , the oppression that never let up regarding the rights of women sustained the movement . More and more women were realizing that they were humans too that deserved rights , and they saw this clearly in the current condition . To some , the support of their husbands , as well as their confidence in their wives ' skills helped them gain support

Moreover , I think the passion that these women worked with , also was a large contributing factor to the sustainability of the movement . It also helped that a lot of the leaders have had some form of education therefore being enlightened that women do deserve to have the same rights as men

3 ) Based on the reading The Real Rosa Parks ' which do you think is more effective in encouraging an individual to become involved in a social movement : 1...