Women in the United States fought together to achieve equal rights since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The rights that women strived to achieve included equal status to men in the workforce, politics, and everyday life. Before this movement broke out women were discriminated against in the workplace, politics were primarily male occupied, and there were no large groups of women to fight for change. There was no law preventing women from being elected into office, however, because women could not vote, and men were adverse to the idea of a female in office, women who ran were very rarely elected. The women's rights movement improved the lives of women by helping them achieve equal rights to men in their home life, work, and politics.
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Women's suffrage was fought for in different and equally effective ways. Susan B. Anthony, the founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for the right to vote through a constitutional amendment. The American Woman Suffrage Association fought for the right to vote on a state by state basis. The AWSA’s method produced results quicker, with Wyoming giving women the right to vote in 1869, however, ultimately suffrage was granted through a constitutional amendment that was nicknamed ‘the Susan B. Anthony Amendment’ for her work as a suffragist. Even before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, women ran for office, as Victoria Woodhull was the first women to run for president of the United States. In 1872 she ran under the Equal Rights Party, a group she helped organize. In her announcement of her candidacy she wrote, “I am quite well aware that in assuming this position I shall evoke more ridicule than enthusiasm at the outset. But this is an epoch of sudden changes and startling surprises. What may appear absurd today will assume a serious aspect to-morrow." Woodhill knew that although many people would not take her seriously as a presidential candidate at the time, her attempt would be a step in the right direction for women in
Women's suffrage was fought for in different and equally effective ways. Susan B. Anthony, the founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for the right to vote through a constitutional amendment. The American Woman Suffrage Association fought for the right to vote on a state by state basis. The AWSA’s method produced results quicker, with Wyoming giving women the right to vote in 1869, however, ultimately suffrage was granted through a constitutional amendment that was nicknamed ‘the Susan B. Anthony Amendment’ for her work as a suffragist. Even before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, women ran for office, as Victoria Woodhull was the first women to run for president of the United States. In 1872 she ran under the Equal Rights Party, a group she helped organize. In her announcement of her candidacy she wrote, “I am quite well aware that in assuming this position I shall evoke more ridicule than enthusiasm at the outset. But this is an epoch of sudden changes and startling surprises. What may appear absurd today will assume a serious aspect to-morrow." Woodhill knew that although many people would not take her seriously as a presidential candidate at the time, her attempt would be a step in the right direction for women in