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Already by 1865, it was becoming clear
that the country was about to legally enfranchise black men,
but not white or black women. The 14th Amendment was
ratified in 1868, and the 15th Amendment was under
consideration. The suffrage movement began to divide over
the question of whether to support black male suffrage if
women were not also granted the right to vote.
On one side of the debate,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan B. Anthony refused to support black male
suffrage if women were not also enfranchised. In 1867, while
campaigning in Kansas for the enfranchisement of women, Cady
Stanton and Anthony accepted the help of a pro-slavery
Democrat, George Train. In 1868, they accepted his money to
start a women’s rights newspaper,
The Revolution.
In 1869, Cady Stanton and Anthony founded
their own women’s rights party, the National Woman Suffrage
Association (NWSA). The NWSA, considered a radical
organization, did not support the 15th Amendment on the
grounds that it enfranchised black men but not white or
black women. The NWSA also initially discouraged the
participation of men in leadership positions, and was a
multi-issue organization, arguing for a variety of women’s
rights.
On the other side of the
debate,
Lucy Stone argued that suffragists should
support the enfranchisement of black men.
Together with her husband, Henry Blackwell, and
Julia Ward Howe, she founded a second
organization, the American Woman Suffrage
Association (AWSA). The AWSA, considered a
moderate organization, supported the 15th
Amendment, actively sought to include men in
leadership positions, and focused on the issue
of woman suffrage. Its newspaper was called
The Woman’s Journal.
http://www.nwhm.org/RightsforWomen/twomovements.html
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| October 19 Documents: After Civil
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October 21 Kerber and DeHart essays by Hunter, Hine,
Kish Sklar, DuBois |
October 23 oral presentations of court cases |
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Readings:
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Kerber and DeHart essays by Hunter, Hine,
Kish Sklar, DuBois Documents: After Civil War; Women's Centennial Agenda
; Dimensions of Citizenship I |
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Discussion
In teams, choose one:
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