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The New Woman 1893–1912
In the 1890s, the New Woman emerged as a radical social force in American society. College educated, independent, and devoted to progressive reform -- including suffrage -- she awakened others to gender inequality. The suffrage movement gained traction out West and through state-by-state referendums, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Washington granted women's suffrage. Meanwhile, women of color did not have the privilege of a single-issue. Yet African American women saw themselves as responsible agitators for change. They gained a public voice through their education and banded together to address basic human rights. Other women of color, including Native Americans, did not have U.S. citizenship and lobbied intensively to obtain it. |