Susan B. Anthony's Argumentative Analysis

During the seneca falls convention, woman gathered to write the Declaration of sentiments, In this document the first demand states, “He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.”Succedeeing this convention, women took a break During the Civil War, they took over their husbands jobs and temporarily stopped fighting for suffrage.( helped legitimate the suffrage movement and provided new momentum)They began helping the black slaves achieve freedom. After the civil war two new amendments were passed the 14th(idk what this is), and the fifteenth amendment stating that race was no longer an issue but they disregarded the gender issue. In 1869 Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman’s Suffrage …show more content…
The two movements eventually reunited in 1890 to become the National American Woman Suffrage Association led by Susan B. Anthony until 1900 when Carrie Chapman Catt took over. Under the direction of organizer Carrie Chapman Catt, the NAWSA pursued a “state-by-state” strategy to win the vote for women in each state. During the world war women insisted, that the failure to extend the vote to women might impede their participation in the war effort just when they were most needed to play a greater role as workers and volunteers outside the home. Responding to these overtures, the House of Representatives initially passed a voting rights amendment on January 10, 1918, but the Senate did not follow suit before the end of the 65th Congress. It was not until after the war, however, that the measure finally cleared Congress with the House again voting its approval by a wide margin on May 21, 1919, and the Senate concurring on June 14, 1919. A year later, on August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment, providing full voting rights for women nationally, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve