Women’s Suffrage Lab

Essential Question:Considering the political cartoons and the

written documents, what are the best arguments for and against women’s suffrage?

Intro Information Video

Political Cartoons/PicturesCartoonists’ Persuasive TechniquesSymbolismCartoonists use simple objects, or symbols, to stand for larger concepts or ideas.

ExaggerationSometimes cartoonists overdo, or exaggerate, the physical characteristics of people or things in order to make a point. When you study a cartoon, look for any characteristics that seem overdone or overblown. (Facial characteristics and clothing are some of the most commonly exaggerated characteristics.) Then, try to decide what point the cartoonist was trying to make by exaggerating them.

LabelingCartoonists often label objects or people to make it clear exactly what they stand for.

AnalogyAn analogy is a comparison between two unlike things. By comparing a complex issue or situation with a more familiar one, cartoonists can help their readers see it in a different light.

IronyIrony is the difference between the ways things are and the way things should be, or the way things are expected to be. Cartoonists often use irony to express their opinion on an issue.

Political Cartoons/Pictures• Divide the political cartoons among your group members.• Answer the following for each political cartoon in your folder.

• What issue is this political cartoon about?• What do you think is the cartoonist’s opinion on

this issue?• Did you find this cartoon to be persuasive? Why

or Why not?• What other techniques could the cartoonist have

used to make this cartoon more persuasive?

“Susan B. Anthony”

Written Documents

• Divide the written documents among the members of your group.

• As you read, fill out the graph with examples from the author to why he/she agrees/disagrees with Women’s Suffrage.

• After your group is finished reading individually, share your points with your group and fill out the rest of your graph with new information that is shared with you.

Essential Question:Considering the political cartoons and the

written documents, what are the best arguments for and against women’s suffrage?

Homework: On the back of your graphic organizer, answer this question.

Considering the political cartoons and written documents, write two paragraphs, one making the best arguments for women’s suffrage and

one with the best arguments against it.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and

Susan B. Anthony

Carrie Chapman Catt

Alice Paul

Lucy Burns

Three generations of leadership

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawcap.html

March 3, 1913

• Suffrage parade

Lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain prepares to lead the Suffrage Parade, on March 3, 1913

The crowd converges on marchers, blocking the parade route during March 3, 1913, suffrage procession, in Washington, D.C.

This photo is captioned "Crowd breaking parade up at 9th St., March 3, 1913."

First picket line Feb. 1917

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf

National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag, representing another state's ratification of the 19th Amendment

Alice Paul, leader of the National Woman’s Party, unfurled the completed Ratification Flag in Washington D.C. in August 1920 to celebrate passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing women nationally the right to vote. Credit: Library of Congress/”Winning the Vote”