During the Gilded Age , the United States saw the growth of the economy, the development of new technologies and products that would definitely help improve the way of living of the middle class citizens, but in this period of time also came with many downfalls such as the corruption made by ineffective politicians, child labor, low wages for massive amount of working hours, and the poor treatment toward minorities and women. However, it was not until the Progressive Era , when the United States saw a bit of a change with the rising of many reforms and movements. One of the greatest achievements that took place during the Progressive Era was the right to vote for women achieved by the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Some of the most famous leaders
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As stated in one of my primary sources by suffrage leader Alice Stone Blackwell, Never a Fight of Woman against Man: What Textbooks Don 't Say about Women 's Suffrage, “the struggle has never been a fight of woman against man, but always of broad-minded men and women on the one side against narrow-minded men and women on the other.” This misunderstanding has led to many other misbelieve, for instance, whenever someone claims to be a feminist immediately society stereotype her as a person who hates men. But that should not be the case, the problem here are what the textbooks “forget” to teach us, they never specifically acknowledged that some men were totally in favor of the Women Suffrage Movement while some women despised it. One specific textbook example, which was used as one of my secondary sources as well, Created Equal: a History of the United States , in Chapter 19.4 which talks about the Women’s Suffrage never talks about men in favor or women who opposed the movement. There were organizations that mainly stand against the women’s suffrage such as the National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage (NAOWS), these associations would give pep talks about how women did not needed the right to vote to contribute to society. The NAOWS would start petition with over 15,000 signatures of prestigious women who opposed to this foolish idea, and presented the petition to congress. As the Women’s Suffrage Movement was increasing, the “anti” were not being left behind
As stated in one of my primary sources by suffrage leader Alice Stone Blackwell, Never a Fight of Woman against Man: What Textbooks Don 't Say about Women 's Suffrage, “the struggle has never been a fight of woman against man, but always of broad-minded men and women on the one side against narrow-minded men and women on the other.” This misunderstanding has led to many other misbelieve, for instance, whenever someone claims to be a feminist immediately society stereotype her as a person who hates men. But that should not be the case, the problem here are what the textbooks “forget” to teach us, they never specifically acknowledged that some men were totally in favor of the Women Suffrage Movement while some women despised it. One specific textbook example, which was used as one of my secondary sources as well, Created Equal: a History of the United States , in Chapter 19.4 which talks about the Women’s Suffrage never talks about men in favor or women who opposed the movement. There were organizations that mainly stand against the women’s suffrage such as the National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage (NAOWS), these associations would give pep talks about how women did not needed the right to vote to contribute to society. The NAOWS would start petition with over 15,000 signatures of prestigious women who opposed to this foolish idea, and presented the petition to congress. As the Women’s Suffrage Movement was increasing, the “anti” were not being left behind