Dear
Debbie,
In
the 1850s many women
were focused on the
abolitionist and the
suffragist movement--therefore,
they were focused both
on getting black Americans
the right to citizenship,
putting an end to slavery,
and on getting all American
women the right to vote.
The
1920s saw many of these
same issues come to
fruition and women began
to enjoy some of these
freedoms that they had
been working so hard
for. In 1920, the 19th
Amendment was passed,
which gave women the
right to vote and many
accused white women
of abandoning black
women at the last minute
in this amendment. Therefore,
race relations were
again a priority issue--albeit
in a different way.
To
learn more about both
of these times, I suggest
that you contact the
National
Women's History Project,
which has lots of information
on these time periods.
Good
luck.
.
--Amy
