Kayla Reed HIS 200 4-1 Discussion Historical Analysis PDF

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4-1 Discussion: Historical Analysis “…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. It was only after Anthony's death in 1906, however, that they began to contribute enough money to turn the tide toward victory.” (Johnson, 2015) I think this excerpt illustrates historical causality. It was after Anthony’s death that more women donated to the womans suffrage movement. Once the organization had more money to pay for staffing, travel expenses, speakers, etc., they were able to reach more people and places to educate them on how women should have the right to vote as well. In a time where women were starting to become independent and fend for themselves, they needed paying jobs just like anyone else. Asking women to donate all their time to the cause as well as pay their own travel expenses would not be feasible to the everyday woman, who were probably just getting by already, so this caused them to not be able to donate as much of their time as was needed to spread the word on women’s voting rights. Donations from these wealthy women after Anthony’s death is a significant factor in how women eventually won the right to vote as more people were able to be reached through those monetary donations. The author’s thesis about the Equal Rights Amendment is that the support of wealthy women donating their money to the suffragist movement is what helped the amendment get passed. “Suffragists understood that they could not depend on men; it would take the financial support of women to make change for women” (Johnson, 2015). With the financial support of wealthy women, they were able to receive the funds they need to campaign across America. With the donations of men, they did not control how much was given to their cause, men did. They eventually realized it was up to women to help women get the rights they deserved.

Reference Johnson, J.M. (2015). Following the Money: Wealthy Women, Feminism, and the American Suffrage

Movement.

Journal

doi:10.1353/jowh.2015.0038.

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Women's

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27(4),

65-66....