Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the leading forces in the fight for women’s suffrage. She, instead of taking part in peaceful protests, which got them nowhere, founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, which took a more drastic approach at protesting- a more violent approach. The Women’s Social and Political Union arranged militant protests, which were violent protests. The fight for women’s suffrage had gone on far too long, with far too little success. Emmeline Pankhurst was explaining why…

Florence Kelley, a social worker and activist, found an unusual audience for her speech on child labor reforms. After all, the primary goal of the National American Woman Suffrage Association was to extend the right to vote to American women, not to reform factories. Yet, Kelley effectively persuaded the convention that both males and females should politically participate to the fullest extent of their ability to free the children from harsh factory work. Kelley appealed to her audience both…

The Night of Terror was during 1917 November when a group of women were arrested for picketing for their rights at the White House. They were protesting peacefully but were responded to by force and violence. While in the Occoquan Workhouse they were beaten and tortured and denied their basic rights as humans. It was a horrific event that was not justifiable by the the guards of the Occoquan Workhouse who committed this crime. The women that were a part of a group for women's right to vote,…

The history of The Women’s Right started with a group of woman questioning why they been treated like animals and why they can’t involve in any activities of the community. After a week, those women organize the two- day convention in Seneca, N.Y., to talk about women’s right. On July 13,1848, the Women’s Right Movement marked as a beginning. Throughout 1998, the Women’s Right Movement is celebrated the 150th anniversary around the nation with different programs and events. They also look for a…

The women’s suffrage movement took place during the 1900’s, at a time when sexism and racism were extremely prominent.. Women such as Sojourner Truth took a stand against the unfair treatment they received. Truth gave a speech in 1851 to a large crowd of men and women about why women such as herself deserved the same treatment as men. Throughout her speech, she gave examples from her life, comparing herself and her own personal hardships to those of men. In her speech, “Ain’t I A Woman,”…

the goal of achieving the “sacred right of franchise.” In the year of 1848 the first women's right gathering in the United States was on July 19-20. It was held at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New york. The convention was called by Mott and Stanton. On August 2 another meeting was held at the Unitarian Church in Rochester, NY. Amelia Bush became the first woman with authority over a meeting. The reunion was attended by both men and women. In New York state house of representatives they…

their property. There is one last way major way Susan B. Anthony took a stand being the foundation of the National woman's suffrage association. On May 15, 1869, the National woman's suffrage association was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth C. Stanton to gather the woman who stood for Women's rights and supported to validation of the Susan Anthony amendment, better known as the 19th amendment. The man was able to join the association but it was entirely run by Woman. The association…

Wyoming Territory: First State to Grant Voting Rights On December 10, 1869 Wyoming legislators passed the bill, granting women the right to vote in state elections. Wyoming became the first state to officially grant women the right to vote in America. Although it was a major accomplishment for the women’s suffragist movement, Legislatures were more motivated by free publicity rather than their commitment to women’s rights. Due to the rough and isolated terrain, the territory was mostly…

heart this event was the beginning. She knew they were making history. With this knowledge she began her address, articulately and academically, leaving no room for reproval or ridicule. Who was this woman who felt so vulnerable? This woman was Elizabeth Stanton and this is my interpretation of how I believe she felt that historical day in the fight for women's rights. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first step undertaken to gain rights for women. The nineteenth amendment took a lengthy time…

During my visit to the Museum of the City of New York, I went through many exhibits of different activist movements.. In the end, I chose the exhibit discussing the issue of women suffrage. Women suffrage means a woman’s right to vote. One artifact of the exhibit that caught my eye was the woman suffrage flyer. This was a flyer that was distributed throughout the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn during the 1910’s. It was printed in an effort to raise awareness of the fact that many women did…