During the 1960s, modern rights for women began the cause of social and civil inequities. Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony campaigned for women’s suffrage. Their conventions discussed how they wanted to achieve voting rights, equality, and other areas. When women started campaigning it began in the 19th century. When the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution women gained the right to vote in 1920. During WWII, women worked for the American workforce the first time. They could produce tanks, ships, airplanes and other equipment for men in the military. To advertise their work, they used propaganda posters to encourage women to contribute to the war.
