Suffrage

For several centuries women have unjustly been denied equal rights and opportunities that have otherwise been granted to men. However, within the last century, the women’s suffrage movement has made immense progress in the equality. The radical changes in the rights and opportunities of women succeeding the early 1900 suffrage movement have enormously impacted society today. One of the more popular effects of the movement was the opportunities of women in the workforce and in their daily…

society; the law must give us the responsibility to deal with matters occurring in our own communities. The ability to exercise our voting rights is one of our greatest responsibilities and no one can be considered an equal citizen without it. Women’s suffrage is a right that derives from equal citizenship. In 1872 Susan B. Anthony made an argument in her defense against the charges of unlawful voting. Susan B. Anthony utilized the constitution in her favor to explain how the constitution had…

political power women were left behind, in essence their voice was not heard amongst society. From this inequality arose the women’s suffrage campaign, which lead to the ultimate movement. A campaign which was brought about by a group of abolitionist activists that consisted of women and a couple of men. This event took place in Seneca Falls, New York. The suffrage campaign began prior to the emergence of the Civil War. Throughout the 1820’s and 30’s states began to allow the political…

The National Woman Suffrage Association also known as the NWSA, was founded in 1869 by two women named Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This association was founded for the sole purpose of allowing women to have more rights, such as voting. The association, on numerous occasions, would begin public debates on many issues including marriage and divorce. By the time the NWSA had reunited with its’ sister foundation, The American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890, the group of women…

It took over 70 years for women to finally be given a voice and the right to vote. The 19th amendment helped the women of America become who they are today. Without the Women’s Suffrage Movement, America would be a different place. The women’s suffrage movement all started in the year 1848 where the women were treated as a prized possession in front of a guess, but behind closed doors, they were mentally and physically abused. The women were supposed to just sit and be pretty and stay quiet…

call it politics” a quote in the movie Iron Jawed Angels which represents the struggle of the women’s suffrage movement. The battle for suffrage was a difficult and long process, lead by ingenious and very talented women in different ways; handing out pamphlets, public parade, petition to the president, and demonstration to the public. Iron Jawed Angels shows us the core of the women’s suffrage movement.…

the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (1919, Our Documents) Giving women the right to vote, a huge leap forward in the fight for women’s right and equality. The women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th amendment would ultimately lead to greater equality amongst men and women, lead to the avocation for further social reform, change the way both women and society viewed themselves, and ultimately pave the…

Susan Brownell Anthony (Feb. 20, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and a feminist who played an important role in the woman’s suffrage movement. She began to collect anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and herself founded the New York Women’s State Temperance Society after Anthony was not allowed to speak at a temperance conference because she was a woman. She began the movement to equality in women, although we are still looked at as minorities,…

then one day their cause would be seen to, so they were great supporters for freedmen’s rights. However, no matter what the women did men would not stand for their cause and help them fight. Their dream of having rights was falling apart. Women suffrage wasn’t an as important aspect during the Reconstruction Era due to the fact…

Women also lived under a tremendous amount of pressure to act and dress a certain way. These discriminations sparked the rise of the Suffrage Movement which became a national movement in 1848. The Suffrage Movements belief was that women…