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Myrika S
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1890s through the 1920s? Describe the ways in which rights and opportunities for women changed from the 1890s through the 1920s, as well as how rights and opportunities for women did not change during this time period. In your response, address the following topics:
o How the efforts of the reform movement to limit women’s work hours would eventually hurt women’s opportunities
o The significance of the right to vote for women, which was gained in 1920, including why women fought for the right to vote and what would lead a male Texas senator in the 1890s to voice his opposition to women’s right to vote by saying, “Equal suffrage is a repudiation of manhood” (565)
o The significance of federal laws that prevented contraception
o The ways in which World War I influenced opportunities for women
o The ways in which the prosperity of the 1920s both created and limited opportunities for women
o How the efforts of the reform movement to limit women’s work hours would eventually hurt women’s opportunities
o The significance of the right to vote for women, which was gained in 1920, including why women fought for the right to vote and what would lead a male Texas senator in the 1890s to voice his opposition to women’s right to vote by saying, “Equal suffrage is a repudiation of manhood” (565)
o The significance of federal laws that prevented contraception
o The ways in which World War I influenced opportunities for women
o The ways in which the prosperity of the 1920s both created and limited opportunities for women