1.  Compare and contrast the goals and strategies employed to realize the goals of the NAWSA as led by Carrie Chapman Catt (1915) and the Congressional Union led by Alice Paul (1914). How did each organization and leader view the fight for suffrage? How did each organization and leader situate her organization's actions within the context of the time? Recognizing that hindsight is almost always perfect, which strategy do you think was most effective in gaining suffrage for women and why? Could suffrage have been won through the efforts of one organization without the other? Explain.





2.  What series of events led up to women deciding to vote "illegally" and what was the Supreme Court's reasoning in the Minor v. Happersatt decision that declared their actions unconstitutional? What impact did the Court's decision have on the women's movement?





3.  Evaluate the relationships women's groups have historically built with other social movements. Choose any one alliance discussed in Chapter Two and discuss what women gained from the alliance, the roles women played in both movements, and the eventual outcome for both groups. In your judgement, do women benefit from collaborating with other social groups in the pursuit of equality?





4.  Compare and contrast the objections to the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1920s and the 1970s. What is the basis for opposition to the ERA in both time periods, who is most vociferously opposed to the ERA, and how was opposition mobilized? If advocates of the ERA want to try again for ratification, what might they learn from the previous attempts and how might they construct a strategy for successful ratification in the twenty-first century?