Women's Suffrage Movement & Tactics
Examine the strategies and key figures in the long struggle for women's right to vote.
Key Questions
- Compare the tactics of Carrie Chapman Catt's National American Woman Suffrage Association with Alice Paul's National Woman's Party.
- Analyze the arguments for and against women's suffrage in the early 20th century.
- Explain how World War I influenced the momentum and eventual success of the suffrage movement.
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