Pattie Ruffner Jacobs

1
PattieRuffnerJacobs

• Womens Suffragist
• 1875 - 1935

2
Vocabulary Word suffrage   noun 1. the right
to vote, especially in a political election. 2. a
vote given in favor of a proposed measure or
candidate..
3
Vocabulary Word depression   noun 1.
saddness, gloom 2. a period during which business
and employment remain at a very low level of
activity.
4
Vocabulary Word poverty   noun 1. the state
or condition of having little or no money being
poor.
5
Early Life

• Born in West Virginia in 1875 into a family of
  educators and ministers.
• The depression of the 1890s sent her family into
  poverty.

• After her parents marriage ended, she and her
  mother moved to Birmingham.
• Began to question attitudes toward women.
• Objected to the lower position in which women
  were placed.

6
Teen AgedYears

• Rebelled against Southern societys attitudes
  toward women.
• Began to think independently.
• Was denied a college education.

7
Early Adulthood

• Married Solon Jacobs, a Birmingham businessman.
• She and Solon had two daughters.
• Wanted a different life for her daughters so
  began to try to bring about change in attitudes
  toward women.

8
Activities

• Made efforts to put an end to child labor
• Became active in the Salvation Army and the
  Jefferson Co. AntiTuberculosis Assoc.
• Believed women should have the right to vote.

9
Womens Rights

• Began the Birmingham and the Alabama Equal
  Suffrage Associations.
• Was an officer in the National Woman Suffrage
  Association.
• Worked for the 19th amendment to the Constitution
  giving women the right to vote.

10
WomensRights in the Early 20th Century

• Women earned 19 of all college degrees (only 19
  out of every 100).
• Womens pay was lower than mens.
• Women could not speak before an audience that
  included men.
• Most women did not work outside their home.

11
Womens Rights in the Early 20th Century

• Society believed women to be inferior.
• Women could not attend many colleges.
• Few women held public offices.
• Women could not even vote!

12
Womens Rightsin the21st Century

• The law requires equal pay for women doing equal
  work.
• Women earn over 50 of all college degrees earned
  each year.
• Women can speak before any audience.
• Women have the right to vote.
• Most women have jobs or careers.
• Women are free to run for public office.

13
References

• Alabama Department of Archives and History.
  (n.d.). Retrieved February 5, 2008, from
  http//www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec39det.htm
  l
• Alabama Womens Hall of Fame. (2000). Retrieved
  February 5, 2008, from http//www.awhf.org/jacobs.
  html
• Wikipedia. (2007). Retrieved February 5, 2008,
  from http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Ruffner_Ja
  cobs

14
The End