A Women Suffrage Catechism

Stone, Lucy. "A Women Suffrage Catechism." The Women's Journal, 6 Apr. 1887

[Boston ] , p. 1+. Nineteenth Century Collections. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

The Women’s Journal is a newspaper put out by the AWSA, run by Lucy Stone.  During the years of suffrage movements, there were a multitude of publications run by suffragettes.  The two most popular were the Suffragist and The Women's Journal.  These publications featured upcoming events such as parades and demonstrations groups were putting on as well as articles about progress being made in certain states.  This article in particular features an interview between Lucy Stone and a man, presumably in the government office.  The conversation featured mainly consists of questions about women’s rights being answered stating that only men have rights in the eyes of the law.  Some of the facts presented by Stone are surprising, and support the driving forces behind the suffrage movement.  As a primary source, this is a reliable source of information as it comes directly from a leader in the movement for women’s rights.      

Planning their Campaign

Stanton, Elizabeth C. "Planning their Campaign." The New York Times, 28 Apr. 1894. Accessed 10 Dec. 2016.

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This is an article featured in the New York Times written by Stanton.  The focus Stanton takes is on the growing efforts of women in Brooklyn in support of the suffrage movement.  Stanton discusses the focus of the women’s’ efforts was to draw more support for their cause, and share an account of recent efforts and successes.  She discusses how the women in Brooklyn fighting for suffrage are women married to important men of the city and government, and therefore, this is a movement worth supporting.  The discussion Stanton has in her article supports the research on historical account of state-by-state legislation reform the NAWSA focused on after forming a few years previous.  As a primary source, this is a very reliable account of what was actually happening during the turn of the 19th century.  

The Dream — and the Myth — of the ‘Women’s Vote’

Hess, Amanda. "The Dream — and the Myth — of the ‘Women’s Vote’." The New York Times,

15 Nov. 2016. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

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In this article Hess offers an interesting analysis on the women’s suffrage movement.  Instead of focusing just on the historical facts, she presents the psychological interpretation of it.  She focuses on the thought process of women voters during the suffrage movements as well as a short comparison to women voters in the most recent presidential election.  The way voting was perceived during the height of the suffrage movement differs greatly from how it was recently after the 19th Amendment and also in modern times.  Hess offers an interesting angle focused on the psychological aspect, using specific examples of women during the late 19th century.  This source will benefit the research paper because of the angle it presents.  It will nicely complement the other sources being used for information about the suffrage movement.   The source is the New York Times which is a well-respected newspaper, so the information reported in the article is expected to be both accurate and well-researched, making it a reliable and useful source.

Marching Shoulder to Shoulder: New Life in The Connecticut Women Suffrage Movement

Jenkins, Jessica D. "Marching Shoulder to Shoulder: New Life in The Connecticut Women Suffrage Movement." Association for the Study of Connecticut History, vol. 50, no. 2, 2011, pp. 131-46. EBSOhost. Accessed 10 Dec. 2016.

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This source discusses the influence of state-by-state action in the fight for women’s suffrage.  Jenkins clarifies the difference between the two most popular national organizations for women’s suffrage, the NWSA and the AWSA.  She also discusses the effects of having the separate groups and why the merger between the two was beneficial to the suffrage movement.   Stone focused her organization, the AWSA, mostly on state legislations in order to pull together smaller pieces of the suffrage puzzle.  This method won out in the end when Stanton and Stone combined forces in 1890.  Overall, the source is very useful for general information on the suffrage movement, but also focuses on Stanton and Stone, the two leaders of the organizations.  It goes into useful detail about the efforts made by the merger of the two organizations these women ran.  Jenkins also shows how the state-by-state method was beneficial in winning the right by using Connecticut as an example.  This source will be useful in the paper because of the compare/contrast aspect Jenkins included.  That information is the basis of the topic of the paper, and the explanations she provides include specific examples of the widespread effects of the movements the NAWSA created.

Women Fight for the Right to Vote

"Women Fight for the Right to Vote." Thought Equity Motion Collections, 2011. U.S. History in Context, libdb.fairfield.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC4205129240/UHIC?u=a04fu&xid=1148ca46. Accessed 11 Dec. 2016.

The video puts into perspective the number of women involved in the movement. It also mentions how women were arrested, abused, and sent to jail for their actions. While the amendment was passed in Congress, the video mentions that men still had to vote on it. It goes to show that women had very little control over what they could do because men were still making decisions them. It becomes understandable of why they would want to fight for this right. After a while it begins to show that men decided to join the movement and thus led to the passage of the amendment. This source is incredibly informative because it shows pictures and videos and allows the viewer to see what it was like during the movement.

Chapter 13: The Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920

Clapp, Elizabeth J. "Chapter 13: The Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920." Practice of U.S. Women's History. 238-257. n.p.: Rutgers University Press, 2007. America: History and Life with Full Text. Web. 8 Dec. 2016.

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        Elizabeth J. Clapp emphasizes the struggle women faces during the Women's Suffrage Movement. Additionally, Clapp stresses historian's point of view on the movement as well. Surprisingly, many of them view the women as masculine figures when it came to focusing on their actions during the movement. After reviewing this movement, the historians began to see how it impacted other social movement that the United States faced. Furthermore, Clapp presses that woman’s suffrage is the root to women's political involvement.

        What’s beneficial of this source is that it provokes thought and controversial views on the movement. While American typically focuses on the main issue, gaining the women the right to vote, it overlooks the lack of diversity of the people in the movement- the women were predominantly white. Additionally, Clapp analyzes their actual intentions, effectiveness, and how they were perceived by those outside the movement. Also, Clapp engages in describing the politics behind creating the new amendment.

'How long must we wait?' Alice Paul wanted action on votes for women, so she took her demands straight to the top

Zahniser, J.D. "'How long must we wait?' Alice Paul wanted action on votes for women, so she took her demands straight to the top." American History, vol. 50, no. 5, 2015, p. 52+. U.S. History in Context.

          Author J.D. Zahniser focuses on the works of notable suffragists including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony and the Women’s Rights group the National American Suffrage Association. Focusing on the history of the movement, when the African American men were under debate to receive the right to vote, many women wanted to be included in the amendment, yet were overlooked. While these women gave tremendous amounts of dedication and time to the movement they suffered from condemnation and arrests. Additionally, the women had to adapt to the constantly changing society and find new ways to promote their messages and beliefs to all who would listen.

            The article would be advantageous to writing because it focuses on the three main women and their impact on the movement itself. It provides an all-around view on the movement from the early stages around the Civil War Era to the time of gaining the amendment all the way to the resurgence of the feminist movement in the 1970s. Additionally, this source focuses a bit on Alice Paul’s march again, so this could add to the information surrounding the effect of her movement and how it fueled more women to join. Also, this could provide information surrounding the actual passing of the amendment.