Suffering Without Suffrage

Womens Call to Serve

With the onset of WWI, women began filling the

places of men within the workforce.

These vacated jobs were deemed necessary to
fulfill the military needs during on going conflict.
Factory positions

Food production
Increase in nurses to aid wounded soldiers

This resulted in a large rift between the suffrage

movement

Effects of Womens Involvement

This resulted in a large rift between the suffrage

movement member.
Modern feminist- believed in pacifism / no support for WWI
Did not agree with women taking up these roles which

supported conflict and violence.

Alice Paul- Leader of this pacifist movement which

protested in differing forms:

Large Organized Marches
Hunger strikes

Continued
A majority of the Suffrage Movement support

WWI and the United States involvement in it.

Women must be involved in war efforts to
gain equality in society !!!!
Womens support resulted in:
Endorsement of equality by Woodrow Wilson
Extension of suffrage movement to (Britain, Austria, Hungary

and Germany)
The passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920
***right to vote***

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Maternity Act
(1921)
Law which
provided
federally
financed
instruction in
maternal and
health care.
Extended the
responsibilities
of family welfare
in America

Economic changes during WWI

Many strides were taken during WWI to benefit

the American society and meet the needs of the

military.
Required the federal government to take greater
control of the nations available resources.
Food Administration Organization headed by Herbert Hoover;

responsible for meeting the food needs of the

troops.
Enacted a policy of voluntary food rationing
Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays
Constructing victory gardens to supply self-sufficiency

Results.
Hoovers indicatives were successful in meeting

the needs of both the people and the military.

Increase in both food production and food exports
Surpluses of fuels
Liberty Loan Drives accumulated $21 billion dollars

which paid for the majority o the WWI costs.

Led to a great increase in both patriotism and
feelings of nationalism ,

Draft Day
Most citizens were not intending to serve or be called

upon for military service.

Believed that American navy would be used to ensure
freedom in the seas.
However, decreasing troops throughout Europe,
required the U.S. to establish a large army force.
Wilsons Draft Congress passed a bill which required the registration of all

males between the ages of 18 and 45.

No purchases of exemptions were permitted
American army increased to 4 million soldiers total !!!