Women's Suffrage Movement Research Paper

From 1848 to 1920 thousands of women in the United States fought to attain the same civil and political status as men, including the all important right to vote.They had a lot working against them victorian era scientists argued that women were by nature inferior to men, even claiming that the shape and size of female skulls were evidence of their weaker brainpower. Sadly early women's rights activists such as elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony would die before they could see their end result of their efforts in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.In honor of their groundbreaking work we explore seven lesser known facts about the women's suffrage movement.
Most supporters of women’s rights were introduced to reform efforts through the abolition movement of the 1830s many of them as members of the american anti slavery society led by william lloyd garrison.Abolitionist societies provided women with opportunities to speak, write and organize on behalf of slaves and in some …show more content…
women’s suffrage movement. In 1870 with backing from railroad tycoon cornelius vanderbilt the sisters opened a stock brokerage firm. They used their wall street profits to bankroll a controversial newspaper which supported such causes as legalized prostitution and free love.Victoria won increased respect from women's rights activists when she argued on behalf of female suffrage in front of the house judiciary committee in early 1871 and the following year the equal rights party nominated her for president of the United States. By the time of the general election in 1872 woodhull s enemies had gotten the better of her temporarily and she spent election day in jail after publishing an article that accused the popular preacher henry ward beecher of adultery.She was eventually acquitted of all charges moved to England and married a wealthy