Suffrage Movement Thesis

As history portrays, fearless and courageous American women fought long and hard to gain the basic civil rights that women have today. Over the centuries, men have proven to continuously overpower women; whether it be in the workplace or the home, a man’s final word was what everyone had to go by. During Back in the 1820’s and 30’s, all men regardless of their socioeconomic status while men rich or poor were guaranteed the right to vote, women on the other hand were still considered to be just a submissive wife who primarily concerned herself with family duties. However, around this time, women soon began to question as to why their opinions had never been taken into consideration. They realized that they mattered and that there was more to …show more content…
Throughout the years to come, women began to focus on the importance of women in office. They strongly believed that with a woman held in a government position, more women’s voices and opinions would be heard. They turned to social welfare policies, “the advancement of women in politics and equal rights legislation.” (Source) Unfortunately, not all of their desired goals were met in the next decade however, this did not stop them from working hard thus, expanding in more rights for women. “After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, many suffrage organizations encouraged women to be active in politics to take advantage of their new-found freedom.” (source) This in result, led to a new formed organization in 1920 called The League of Womens Voters. After this, more women were encouraged to join either the Democratic or Republican parties. Women's participation resulted in both political parties becoming interested in gaining women's votes, thus helping women get steps closer to feeling