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Choose one sentence or short section from the article you read on the women's suffrage movement. Quote the sentence or section in your post and briefly explain how your chosen sentence or section illustrates the concept of historical causality. “The need for money drove the women's suffrage movement from its early days, leading [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton and [Susan B.] Anthony to compromise over whom they associated with during the 1860s. Wendell Phillips controlled two important bequests and allowed only a small amount to go to women's rights. "Nearly driven to desperation," Anthony needed money to pay for speakers, travel expenses, and tracts. She and Stanton thus accepted an offer by George Train, the notoriously racist Democrat, to pay for a speaking tour and newspaper. Burned by her experience with Phillips, Anthony wanted wealthy women to prioritize giving to the movement. Suffragists* understood that they could not depend on men; it would take the financial support of women to make change for women.” After the civil war, many women’s rights activists were disappointed to find out that they were left out of the 14th and 15th Amendments, which expanded upon equality. Basic rights were still not available to women as they were to others. The activists continued to struggle financially to fund their movement, thus stalling momentum. It was not until a wealthy women’s estate brought sufficient funds that they were able to move forward again. The financial efforts brought forth by the activists brought about awareness for the crucial need for funds. This brought awareness to the movement which eventually led to large enough funds that brought them all the way up to the passing of the 19th Amendment, thus proving historical causality.

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After reading the article on the ERA, summarize the author's thesis statement about the ERA in one or two sentences. To support your answer, quote one or two

sentences from the article that convey the author's central point. The authors thesis statement about the ERA is that no matter how difficult the process was for the activists, they persevered. Although they had finally received national attention and gained significant support, the battle for equal rights was far from over. Just when they thought they were about to achieve victory they were faced once again with defeat, but that did not discourage them. As years progressed the movement would undergo change, but the women activists never gave up on their goal. I believe the best sentences that describe the authors thesis are: “Bayh’s experience with amendments accustomed him to think of Congress as the great obstacle to constitutional change. The nearly-fifty-year congressional struggle over ERA, with its rapid shift in the final stages toward support for the amendment, seemed to portend the same result in this case. Congress having decided upon the amendment, state legislators needed merely to be informed in order for ratification to proceed”....