Here are 7 lessons we can use today gleaned from deconstructing how the brilliant, courageous, strong suffragists won their multi-faceted, decades-long battle for women's right to vote - a right we prize deeply today.
: The suffragists seized moments like the country needing women to replace men in the workforce when men went to fight World War I, to help their case by proving women’s value in the economy and society outside the home. They also seized the opportunity of the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson to the attract the attention of the thousands of onlookers and media gathering in DC from around the country for the festivities, to picket the White House .
Career-wise, you can think of special projects your boss needs or goals they want to achieve that you can volunteer to help with. Maybe there are articles, blogs or white paper you could write to support the company’s goals, and demonstrate your willingness to go the extra mile, and your talents.
There were suffragists who preferred a more subdued approach, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapmen Catt, and those who supported a more vigilant approach, such as Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. There were the abolitionist suffragists in thewho wanted to include the rights of black women to vote. Remarkable black suffragists like Ida B.
As you re-evaluate your career moves and goals in light of our new normal, these are important lessons we can all learn from those who fought forFollow me on
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