American Woman Suffrage Association

concentration on women suffrage to the discrimination of women, Susan B. Anthony’s feminist movement opened up equal opportunities. She contributed to the society as the founder of National Woman Suffrage Association, co-established the women’s right journal: The Revolution, organized the Women’s Loyal National League, was the president of the international Woman Suffrage Alliance, and established the 19th amendment. In May 14, 1863 , Susan B. Anthony teamed up with another woman suffragist,…

the Seneca Falls Convention. This convention was a two-day event and over the period of the two days the Declaration of Sentiments was read, then on July 20, 1848, it was signed. This event was only the beginning of the movement towards the women’s suffrage movement. The next seventy-two years consisted of many battles, some won and some lost. Each battle, even the ones lost, paved the way for women to have the freedoms we do today; thanks to those amazing women we have our rights to vote, to…

The wording and format of the Fifteenth Amendment, the prohibition of federal and state governments from denying a United States citizen from voting based on their race, color, or previous servitude, is what aided in the initiation to the women’s suffrage movements. The addition of the Fifteenth…

18th, 1920 women’s lives in the United States changed forever. Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer and women 's rights advocate who played a crucial role in the women 's suffrage movement. On November 8, 2016, there could be another major history event for women as the citizens in the United States have an opportunity to elect the first woman as the United States President. This woman candidate, Hillary Clinton, has been given this opportunity based on the impact and work…

The above excerpt is reflective of how a somewhat localized women's association expanded to become more professional and organizational. For instance, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both knew that directing only a portion of the funds towards women's suffrage would connote only minimal success. That is according to suffragist Lucy Stone "there would be plenty of helpers if there was plenty of money to pay" (MindEdge, 2015, p. 2-2, block 4). In other words, the more funding for…

The association was focused on controlling alcohol consumption, because they believed that the women and children were the ones that suffered the most when men drank too much. They began to branch out in order to attract more women by looking into the areas of prostitution, health, and international peace. From…

impossible journey to full and equal civil rights as American citizens. Women like Marie Jenney Howe helped pave the way for women to have a chance at achieving that goal. Howe was a member of the newly formed National Women’s Suffrage Association. She was also known for her monolog parody on the Opposition to Women’s Suffrage, created in 1913. Howe wrote and performed this parody because of the ridicule and negative unjust assumptions from the anti-suffrage opponents about women’s rights. In…

in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing into the twenty century, women’s rights activists traveled the country in an effort to win women’s suffrage; this is known as the Women’s Rights Movement. Ending in 1920, the movement was deemed successful as the Constitution was amended and all women in the United States were granted suffrage. This life altering success can be attributed to the hard work and unwavering devotion of five women. In Jean H. Baker’s book, Sisters, The Lives of…

The Progressive Era was a period in American history that lasted from 1890s-1920s. The Progressive Era was a time where America was experiencing urbanization and industrialization. It was also a period where many immigrants were migrating from the south. This caused crowded areas and high disease and death rates. Women made much progress between the Progressive Era to the 1920s. Women were concerned with the rights of women on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.…

The feminist movement has changed American culture for the better. It is thanks to the hard work of many dedicated individuals that women enjoy the rights and freedoms they have today. If it weren’t for this concerted, effort women would still be kept to the home, unable to own property, obtain legal representation, control their rate of reproduction, or receive equal pay and wages. Even if women still aren’t on equal footing with men, they have made great societal progress through action and…