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The Problem(s)

 * For many years, women were denied the same equal rights as men
 * Women should rarely leave the home and were thought to be physically weak and pure of heart
 * Women were to uphold certain values in the home and when husbands came home from the competitive business world, women were supposed to create an escape for their husbands.
 * Women who were married could do very little in society. For example: they could not sue in courts, make contracts, own property from the marriage, or even have any legal claim to their children
 * Women couldn’t vote in society
 * Women were not allowed to serve on juries
 * Although progress had been made in the 1900’s in giving women the chance to **obtain a free public education**, very few women were allowed to practice their talents in the field of medicine, law, and science
 * When women eventually entered the teaching field become the majority in this field, the level of pay was very low compared to most male teachers as well as to other professions

The Solution(s)

 * State must includes an amendment in its constitution giving women the right to vote.
 * After that government leaders must urge other states to adopt this so that women get the right to vote throughout the U.S.
 * State laws should also be passed allowing women to serve on juries.
 * Women should be encouraged to get a profession. Colleges should recruit women to work on jobs for them. The government would give colleges money so that it allows colleges to do this.
 * Women should be allowed to get an **education** just like a man would get.
 * Schools should me forced to pay women the same wages as men while they are teaching.
 * Women should be allowed to run for public office.
 * Law schools should open up law schools for women since law is usually the first step to running for public office.
 * Women judges should be appointed by Governors and Senators.
 * The **19th amendment** was developed which says that any women 18 years or older is allowed to vote.
 * Women’s **suffrage** or right to vote was won on the day that day a constitutional amendment was passed for women’s rights.
 * **Alice Paul** worked in the national womens party.
 * She also led the committe of the American Woman Suffrage Association.

The Primary Sources
"Back in the United States in 1912, Paul led the congressional committee of the [|National|American Woman Suffrage Association] (NAWSA). However, her preference for militant tactics made her break with that organization the following year, forming the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage," **Alice Paul**


 * "**Paul joined in the effort, even though she was in her eighties. She worked from the headquarters of the National Woman's party in Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1972, when failing health made her relocate to Connecticut. Even then she managed to keep up the fight for the ERA until she suffered a stroke. She died in Moorestown, New Jersey at the age of 92 on July 9, 1977." **Alice Paul**

The Citations
"Alice Paul." __ABC Clio__. ABC Clio. 21 Feb 2007 .

Handout that we got in class called The Progressive Era Wiki

A book we were unable to get but it is called __The Womens Rights__