{"id":516,"date":"2020-05-15T15:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/?page_id=516"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:02:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:02:32","slug":"votesforwomen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/votesforwomen\/","title":{"rendered":"Votes for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Votes for Women<\/h3>\n

Building a Foundation: An Introduction<\/b> to<\/b> Women and the Vote<\/b><\/p>\n

Historians have often marked the beginning of the Movement with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and the end with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.\u00a0 But, recently, this has been re-examined, shifting the \u201cbeginning\u201d date back and the \u201cend\u201d date forward to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nineteenth Amendment\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919. Ratified August 18, 1920<\/span><\/p>\n

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.\u00a0 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.(<\/span>Source)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Suffragists, Suffragents, and the Antis<\/b><\/p>\n

Those who were in favor of Women\u2019s Suffrage became known as suffragists, or \u201cSuffs,\u201d and those who opposed women\u2019s suffrage were referred to as \u201cAntis.\u201d Men who supported the women\u2019s suffrage movement were called \u201cSuffragents.\u201d (See the book <\/span>The Suffragents<\/span><\/i> by Brooke Kroeger for more on the suffragents.)<\/span><\/p>\n

The yellow rose became associated with the movement. And, at marches, parades, and rallies those supporting women\u2019s suffrage often wore a yellow rose on their lapel or blouse. Those who opposed women\u2019s suffrage often wore a red rose. During the ratification period, the press sometimes referred to the time as a \u201cWar of the Roses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Colors And Symbols Of The Women\u2019s Suffrage Movement In The United States<\/b><\/p>\n

Yellow, white, and purple were the colors adopted by the women\u2019s suffrage movement in the United States.\u00a0 \u201cThe gold color represents light and life. It is \"the torch that guides our purpose, pure and unswerving,\" reads <\/span>The Suffragist<\/span><\/i> regarding the gold color. The book was published in 1913. The color purple was chosen for loyalty and steadfastness. The white was selected as an emblem of purity.\u201d\u00a0 (<\/span>Source<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>
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In her book, <\/span>The Woman\u2019s Hour<\/span><\/i>, Elaine Weiss notes: \u201cYellow or gold had long been the American suffrage campaign\u2019s symbolic hue, signifying the flame of freedom\u2019s fires; the Woman\u2019s Party adopted a version of the British suffragists\u2019 tricolor of green, white, and violet\/purple (a chromatic acronym for \u2018give women the vote\u2019)\u201d (198)<\/span><\/p>\n

Not yet registered to vote yourself?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Go here to learn how to register in your state.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Votes for Women Building a Foundation: An Introduction to Women and the Vote Historians have often marked the beginning of the Movement with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and the end with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.\u00a0 But, recently, this has been re-examined, shifting the \u201cbeginning\u201d date back and the \u201cend\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/516\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performinghistory.com\/womenandthevote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}