· What does it mean to you to say that “the personal is the political?”
· What are some of the ways women can gain political power? Why is it important for women to have a voice in government and policy? Why is it important that women exercise their right to vote?
· What reasons does Susan B. Anthony give in Constitutional Argument for why women need to be acknowledged as citizens with equal rights (including the right to vote) under the constitution? 
· Should women be considered as a voting group? What are the arguments for and against thinking about women as a single constituency?
· What do you think would be the most effective way to move more women into political office, particularly on the national level?
· Did this reading help you gain a different understanding of the term “body politics?” How are women’s bodies politicized?
· How are gender roles and expectations connected to violence against women? What role do governments and political organizations have in finding solutions?
· Why is reproductive choice such a controversial political issue? Do you think the fact that most issues of reproductive choice center on women and womens bodies have contributed to the belief that government has a role to play in managing reproductive choice? Are there any aspects of male health or sexuality that are equally politicized? Should it be a political issue at all?
· Margaret Sangers campaign to legalize birth control was met with sometimes violent protest by those who objected that she was essentially promoting lewd behavior. Why do you think people were so strongly against her campaign? What were people worried would happen if women gained access to birth control?
· Like Margaret Sanger, feminism (and Women’s Studies) has traditionally supported a pro-choice position on abortion. Do you agree with this position? What would a pro-life feminist position look like?
Women in Politics: A very short history https://www.cliohistory.org/click/politics-social/politics
Constitutional Argument: Speech After Being Convicted Of Voting
In The 1872 Presidential Election  http://gos.sbc.edu/a/anthony.html
Graves, K. (2020, September 10. Womens political participation after 1920: myth and reality. National Women’s History Museum (NWHM). https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/womens-political-participation-after-1920-myth-and-reality
Milestones for women in American politics. (2021). Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/milestones-for-women
Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). (n.d.). Current numbers. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/current-numbers
Facts and figures: Womens leadership and political participation https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures
Tarr-Whelan, L. (2010). The impact of the Beijing Platform for Action 1995 to 2010. Human Rights, 37(3), 223. http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsemr&AN=edsemr.10.1108.IJSSP.01.2018.0002&site=eds-live&scope=site
Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L., & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Medicine, health, and reproductive justice. Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies. http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/chapter/medicine-health-and-reproductive-justice/
Croft, L. H. (2019). Margaret Sanger. Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia. http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ers&AN=88832719&site=eds-live&scope=site
Intersectionality in real life: an interview with Loretta Ross. (2008). Against the Current, 23(1), 2526. http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=31402034&site=eds-live&scope=site
Ending violence against women. (2021). UN Women. https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women
Statistics. (2021). National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS