What Is The Women's Suffrage Movement?

The fight for women’s suffrage had been a long winded and grueling battle, but on August 26, 1920 women finally got the vote, 70 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, the Nineteenth Amendment stated, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex.” However, African American women were unfortunately still largely disenfranchised. Nonetheless, before women were enfranchised they undertook several political reforms such as birth control and feminism while undergoing to numerous atrocities. Further, suffragists were no longer limited to middle-class white women, working-class women as well as segregated African American women were largely a part of suffrage movement. Militant suffragists such as leader Alice Paul of the National Women’s Party (NWP) fought eagerly for women’s suffrage, through picketing the White House with signs that mocked president Woodrow Wilson addressing him as “Kaiser Wilson” declaring that “Democracy Should Begin at Home.” At this time, the United States had entered the war and many suffrage picketers were sent to prison including Alice Paul. As seen on page 499 of Through Women’s Eyes figure 8.5 titled “National Woman’s Party Picketers at the White House (1918)”, women are seen picketing for enfranchisement the signs they hold read “Mr. President How Long Must …show more content…
President What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage” this demonstrates the dedication women had for the suffrage movement. However, the most significant part of the women suffragist movement was suffrage