History Project 1: Examining Women's Suffrage in American Society

This history project explores the Women's Suffrage Movement in America, examining its historical significance and societal impact. The project identifies the movement's origins in 1984 and its culmination with the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote and run for office. It utilizes two secondary resources discussing the movement's impact on gender equality and ethnic groups, and primary resources including governmental documents and constitutional provisions. The research question focuses on the movement's impact on society, specifically on ethnic and male segments. The project targets history and sociology students, American citizens, and those interested in gender equality, providing a comprehensive analysis tailored for a diverse audience. The project's structure includes an overview of the historical event, a review of secondary and primary resources, the research question, and a description of the target audience and tailoring of the message. The student used secondary resources like journal articles and primary resources such as government documents to support their findings.

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1. Historical event
Gender equality and human rights are one of the most important part of history and
sociology discussion. The importance of Women suffrage movement is undeniable in the
history of overall “women’s right movement”. This protest originated in America on 1984
and ended with the suffrage rights attainment of women by 1920. Women Suffrage
movement of America is considered to be the first women movement towards gender equality
in the world. As the result of this movement, women in America got the right to vote and run
office by the 19th amendment Act of US Constitution.
2. Secondary resources
Main two secondary resources would be –
1. Wong, H. P. C., Clark, J. R., & Hall, J. C. (2018). Immigrant Ethnic Composition and the
Adoption of Women’s Suffrage in the United States. In Public Choice Analyses of American
Economic History (pp. 167-178). Springer, Cham.
2. Miller, J. C. (2015). Never a fight of woman against man: What textbooks don't say about
women's suffrage. The History Teacher, 48(3), 437-482.
Both of the selected secondary resources talk about the impacts of women suffrage
Movement in USA. The differences between these resources lies in their detailed discussion.
These resources are published in the peer reviewed journal which is the proof of their
relevancies. The articles were selected from a number of resources as these present a valuable
aspect of the movement’s impact on two different group. There social impact of the
movement is discussed through the perspective of gender equation and ethnic immigrants.
The broad perspectives could be achieved by evaluating these two secondary resources.
Hence, these paper were selected among the other secondary resources available.
3. Primary Resources

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Two primary resources in this research could be the documents of the government of
the then America and the 15 and 16 Amendment Act provision of the US constitution. This
sources relates to the secondary resources as the facts of the articles can be judged by the help
of the documents and the constitutional provision. The date and the amendments of the
constitution gives accuracy to the secondary information. The primary resources adds special
dimension to my thinking process as I get to know the relevant and important information
through the governmental documents.
4. Research question-
 What was the impact of women Suffrage in the societal aspects of that time,
specifically on the ethnic and male part of the society?
5. Audience
The main audiences for this study would be the history and sociology students, the
people of American Society, specifically the female citizens. Other than that, the essay will
also address the people interested in American history worldwide. At the same time, the essay
will benefit the researchers who have interest in the gender equality topics.
6. Tailoring the message
The audience has a mixed race in it, therefore, multiple techniques can be used for tailoring
the message to the audience. Some of the aspects need to be explained by the researchers
through the keywords so that the audience can be familiar. Use of some social theories would
also be the part of it.