19th Amendment
August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was finally added to the constitution. It wasn’t that easy, there were years of protests, campaigns, petitions, parades and other tactics used to help push this amendment through (History.com). These tactics created attention to help dramatize the issue. Since the time of the American Revolution, women fought to gain the same social, political and economic rights as men. Women had been fighting for the right to vote long before the 1900s. Women’s rights activism really took off after the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and during the civil war reconstruction period, 1860s (History.com). Maintaining momentum and relevancy was not super easy. Suffragists did whatever they could to gain attention …show more content…
Women's suffrage before the 1930s was very minimal, no matter how much women tried, they were still discriminated upon. They were treated like men’s property and told to do ‘woman tasks’. The right to vote for women did not only allow free choice, but it represented the breaking of sexist barriers. From the 1850s through the 1920s, groups like The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the National Woman's Party were instrumental in making sure their voices were heard. They worked hard protesting their beliefs no matter how society reacted. The 19th amendment, according to historynet, the 19th amendment “granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.” This new found freedom allowed women to think for themselves and make their own decisions. Even today, the right to voice your opinion and vote for all americans over the age of 18 is still extremely important. …show more content…
The way how these female suffragists were treated helped strengthen public support of the movement. All her life, she protested and did not conform to society’s rules for how women should act. Paul’s ‘unlady-like’ way of life helped normalize female independence. Paul pushed for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment which was finally passed in 1972.
August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was finally added to the constitution. It wasn’t that easy, there were years of protests, campaigns, petitions, parades and other tactics used to help push this amendment through (History.com). These tactics created attention to help dramatize the issue. Since the time of the American Revolution, women fought to gain the same social, political and economic rights as men. Women had been fighting for the right to vote long before the 1900s. Women’s rights activism really took off after the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and during the civil war reconstruction period, 1860s (History.com). Maintaining momentum and relevancy was not super easy. Suffragists did whatever they could to gain attention …show more content…
Women's suffrage before the 1930s was very minimal, no matter how much women tried, they were still discriminated upon. They were treated like men’s property and told to do ‘woman tasks’. The right to vote for women did not only allow free choice, but it represented the breaking of sexist barriers. From the 1850s through the 1920s, groups like The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the National Woman's Party were instrumental in making sure their voices were heard. They worked hard protesting their beliefs no matter how society reacted. The 19th amendment, according to historynet, the 19th amendment “granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.” This new found freedom allowed women to think for themselves and make their own decisions. Even today, the right to voice your opinion and vote for all americans over the age of 18 is still extremely important. …show more content…
The way how these female suffragists were treated helped strengthen public support of the movement. All her life, she protested and did not conform to society’s rules for how women should act. Paul’s ‘unlady-like’ way of life helped normalize female independence. Paul pushed for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment which was finally passed in 1972.