01:512:381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Child Labor Amendment, Equal Rights Amendment, Anti-Suffragism
14 Nov 2016
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Reactions to progressivism, red scare & wwi. 1923: equal rights amendment (not submitted to states) 1924: child labor amendment (not passed by states) Varieties of women"s conservatism: anti-suffragists to women of the ku klux klan. During the war women"s participation in the government and in the military/navy/marines expanded. Important because it was significant in the argument that women should vote. After wwi natives become racist against immigrants (germans were restricted from speaking. Trying to protect the home because they thought politics would corrupt the woman. Maternalist: pioneer in child and maternal health care. Prohibition because men will not be men if they are allowed alcohol. Alcohol doesn"t allow men to hold steady jobs. Family structure doesn"t work because of the bottle. Elizabeth taylor became involved and managed got 500 women into the kkk which was protested by men almost immediately. Women of the klan were not part of the klan.
