Women's Suffrage DBQ

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Progressive ideals inspired this fight for women's suffrage due to their belief in social welfare. This bettering of the social conditions included the desire for women to be able to vote, just like men. Progressives also wanted to help improve people’s lives and working conditions. During World War I many men went to Europe to join the fight. This left their wives alone in the United States needing to find a way to help the cause or help support themselves. More Women began working and paying taxes to the American government. Since they paid taxes, the women believed that they had the right to vote due to a previous American saying of “No taxation without representation”. This began the fight over women’s suffrage because there were still many people, mostly men, that thought women were unfit to vote and help run this country. Some men belived that women only wanted to …show more content…
Catt uses a saying from the American revolution to connect the revolution to the fight for women’s suffrage, which helps convince the American public.
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Historical Context: In World War I, women began working, while their husbands were overseas, in order to help the United States. After they began paying taxes for their work the demanded that women should have the right to vote.
Intended Audience: Hazard’s intended audience is the American public and government. She speaks to these people because they are the ones that are able to effect a change.
Point of View: Hazard is against the idea of women’s suffrage because he believes that women wanted to use the ballot in order to promote women in society. He thought that they would act as a third party and block and oppose votes.
Author’s Purpose: He is attempting to persuade his audience that women are unfit to vote because they will do harm to the system of voting. He believes that women would only vote to better their role in