INTRODUCTION REMEMBERING THE PAST People must know the past to understand the present and to face the future (cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:70)(cid:38)(cid:79)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:23)(cid:24) The past is everything that has happened up to this moment in time but the past is impossible to know The only way to truly know about an event or time is if you have lived it Although history tells us about the past it is never the complete story History is a written record of a particular time or event History gives us a small glimpse into the past Even historians cannot know everything that once happened Historians learn about an event or era by examining the pieces of evidence called primary sources that have been preserved Historians have a lot in common with detectives Both analyze evidence to determine what really happened Historians evaluate and interpret primary sources to help them understand as much as they can about the past Interpreting primary sources is not easy Often we think we know about a subject from listening to others watching television or reading books But not everything we read see or hear is always true We look at primary sources to form our own understanding of what happened ows us to see DEFINITIONS (cid:58)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:192)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:29) A decade is a period of ten years a century 100 years and a (cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:88)(cid:80) 1,000 years A (cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81) is all the people born and living at the same time such as Generation X 1960 1980 An era is a period of time with a certain characteristic such as the Roaring Twenties the 1920s An (cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72) is a long period of time such as the Stone Age 4 UNCOVERING THE PAST
ANALYZE THIS PERSPECTIVES This photograph was taken in New York City in 1913 Note the differences from parades you see in New York today Are most of the people in the parade men or women Are most of the spectators men or women Why might the women carrying placards be wearing white or light-colored clothing It is important to study history to help us solve the problems and challenges we face By knowing what has and has not worked well in the past we can prepare a plan of action to deal with the challenges of today and those we may face in the future (cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:3) marched up Fifth (cid:36)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:60)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3) (cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:89)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:17) WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE 5
INTRODUCTION WOMEN’S RIGHTS AN OVERVIEW The struggle for women to be accepted as equals in society has been a long journey In many cultures throughout history women were controlled first by their fathers and later by their husbands Laws formed to protect people often did not apply to women Women were the property of men and often had only a few more rights than slaves This inequality continued for North American women as late as the 1900s Women were not allowed to further their education DEFINITIONS The terms used to describe people often (cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:29)(cid:3) (cid:36)(cid:69)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:29) A term used to describe people whose ancestors were the original inhabitants of a country African American Americans whose ancestors came from Africa (cid:37)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:29)(cid:3)Another term for African Americans Fair sex An old-fashioned term used for a person of the female gender or sex the word fair was associated with beauty First Nations A term used to describe some of the aboriginal people living in Canada although it does not include the Inuit people who are also aboriginal Again the male is by nature superior and the female inferior and the one rules and the other is ruled this principle of necessity extends to all mankind (cid:36)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:15)(cid:3)Politics(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:22)(cid:24)(cid:19)(cid:3)BCE 6 UNCOVERING THE PAST ANALYZE THIS The Lady’s Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3) published in the United Kingdom in 1770 Who are the Fair Sex Even though it is a magazine for women and considering that most of the writers and editors of the magazine were male what might this source tell you about women in the late 1700s
in colleges and universities Most men believed that women’s intellect was inferior to that of men’s Women were not allowed to practice medicine or law Married women could not own property Everything they had legally belonged to their husband In a divorce the children were awarded to the father Women could do little to change these laws because they were not allowed to vote In fact it has only been in about the last 100 years that some women in North America have been allowed to vote For many others such as aboriginal and black women the right to vote has only been given in the last 50 years As a result of male-controlled societies throughout time much of history from ancient times to about the 1800s has been written by men for men Herstory the documentation of the past from a female perspective is a new word coined in the 1970s by the feminist writer Robin Morgan Women recording history from their point of view is a new event that has only occurred within the past 200 years (cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:3) (cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3) (cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:93)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)The Lady’s Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex shows Liberty with a copy (cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:87)(cid:183)(cid:86) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:23)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:37)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:3) (cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:51)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:78)(cid:75)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3) (cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:72)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:57)(cid:3) (cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:89)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:17) ANALYZE THIS By looking at the men’s expressions in this photograph what is their feeling over the situation What does Mrs Pankhurst’s expression tell you WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE 7
