Women’s Suffrage & Response Paper #3 Prompt: State of the Vote circa 1900
by admin - October 11th, 2016
Thursday 10/13 Reading is RV Chapter 6, about the long struggle for women’s ability to fully exercise their voting rights as citizens.
For your response paper due Thurs 10/13 (2-3 pages, double-spaced) – you can base it on any of our recent readings: Wolfley, Love, or something drawn from chapters 4-6 of Keyssar. Address this question (or some portion of this question): How did geography, gender, race, and/or class inform the meaning of citizenship by 1900? Use this paper to demonstrate what you’ve learned in the course so far, QUOTING from the readings (cite any direct quotations) and discussing any quoted passages in depth. In your writing try to avoid just summarizing or restating the readings; go below the surface level.
Pro tip: think of this response paper less as a personal/opinion response, and more of a dry run for the kind of essay question that will appear on the final exam.
Today’s Links
Voting Registration Deadline extended in Florida due to Hurricane Matthew
538’s Nate Silver’s thought exercise on what the electoral map would look like if only women voted
Some Trump supporters responded with the #repealthe19th Twitter hashtag
Bonus Video for Today
