Women's suffrage

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    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…

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    Carrie Chapman Catt, in her Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage, effectively claims that a woman’s right to vote is not only necessary, but also inevitable. Her goal is to convince United States Senators and House of Representatives of the idea that women are not inferior to men. Her approach is planned in its attempt to persuade the minds of not only men, but also women to think differently. The speech itself was based on logic and reasoning, therefore making it impossible for her…

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    The Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States pioneered throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, attempting to gain equal rights, particularly the right to vote, eventually contributing to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The amendment was passed due to the female measures taken to gain small steps towards gender equality. These female measures were mainly taken by the National Women’s Party, who encouraged citizens to vote against…

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    African American women were part of organizations that supported both causes. This is when the National Women Suffrage Association, (NWSA), was born. The organization helped support both causes and even stayed true to equal rights. Since women wanted to stay true to equal rights and to both organizations, a new one was born; the American Women Suffrage Organization (AWSO). Sojourner Truth and Mary Church Terrell were a major part of this organization as well as Stanton and Anthony…

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    gained 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…

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    York in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The first state to grant women the right to vote Wyoming In 1869. Leaders in the western states and territories argued that granting female suffrage would pull new residents to the West. There was a split in the women's rights until the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. It worked for this organization for the benefit of women, and many social, political issues and most famous leaders Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth…

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    words”. Most people think of the women’s movement was somewhat like the African American movement. These two movements are completely different because only male African Americans were given basic…

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    Before 1920, women of all ethnicities did not possess the right to vote inside the United States. A female movement group known as the Women’s Suffrage was created to help push for women to gain the right to vote during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Surprisingly white women’s voting rights were equal to black women’s voting rights. It was not until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 that women of the United States were granted the privilege to vote. Once the 19th Amendment…

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    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 roles…

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    Education” and “Alice Paul and the Struggles for Women's Suffrage” two most commonly recognized historical events in which equality was fought for were the fight for women’s suffrage and the fight for equality of African Americans. According to the article,”Alice Paul and the Struggles for Women's Suffrage” Alice Paul was a civil rights activist from New Jersey who helped to change the laws that stopped women from voting during the fight for women’s suffrage. Despite how hard she and so many…

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