Women's Suffrage Movements

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When the Constitution was written, it started with “We the people” (The Constitution, n.d.). However, for much of the nation’s history, the people it represented were white males (Blumenthal, 2005,). Women were considered property of their fathers or their spouse, with little individual rights (Blumenthal, 2005). After the Civil War, black men were given the right to vote, but black and white women still were not (Blumenthal, 2005,). Women joined the suffrage movement and in 1920 succeeded in their fight for the right to vote (Blumenthal, 2005). At last they would have a say. The 1920s and 1930s gave women a chance to be active in several social issues, to include the plight of the poor and concerns about child labor. They also entered colleges

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