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Handout D: Images of Women’s Suffrage

Images of Women’s Suffrage

Directions: Use the following images related to women’s suffrage to answer the questions.

The awakening

“The Awakening” (1915) Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98502844/

REVIEW QUESTION: What does “The Awakening” represent about the history and geography of women’s suffrage in the Gilded Age?

The first picket line - College day in the picket line

“The First Picket Line” (1917) Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97500299/

REVIEW QUESTION: What role did women’s suffrage demonstrations play in changing President Woodrow Wilson’s actions regarding the Nineteenth Amendment?