B. Many women sought greater equality with men, often joining voluntary organizations, going to college, promoting social and political reform, and, like Jane Addams, working in settlement houses to help immigrants adapt to U.S. language and customs. settlement houses, Jane Addams’ Hull House, government” movement, National American Woman Suffrage Association (1890), Examples: “good Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Catt, Margaret Sanger, coed colleges, normal schools, beautiful” movement, “city Example Definition/Description Significance to the Thesis C. The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson that upheld racial segregation helped to mark the end of most of the political gains African Americans made during Reconstruction. Facing increased violence, discrimination, and scientific theories of race, African American reformers continued to fight for political and social equality. Examples: Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests to vote, Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson, Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise (1895), Ida Wells-Barnett’s anti-lynching crusade, National Association of Colored Women (1896), Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896), George Washington Carver Example Definition/Description Significance to the Thesis
B. Many women sought greater equality with men, often joining voluntary organizations, going to college, promoting social and political reform, and, like Jane Addams, working in settlement houses to help immigrants adapt to U.S. language and customs. Examples: settlement houses, Jane Addams’ Hull House, “good government” movement, National American Woman Suffrage Association (1890), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Catt, Margaret Sanger, coed colleges, normal schools, “city beautiful” movement, Example Definition/Description Significance to the Thesis C. The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson that upheld racial segregation helped to mark the end of most of the political gains African Americans made during Reconstruction. Facing increased violence, discrimination, and scientific theories of race, African American reformers continued to fight for political and social equality. Examples: Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests to vote, Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson, Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise (1895), Ida Wells-Barnett’s anti-lynching crusade, National Association of Colored Women (1896), Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896), George Washington Carver Example Definition/Description Significance to the Thesis
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