Overview
The women's suffrage movement was an era in history that sparked great controversy. The women's suffrage movement was the struggle to gain the same right, to vote, as men.
Suffrage: the right to vote.
Women's Suffrage: women's right to vote.
Women's suffrage was first, officially, proposed in the United States at a convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At this convention, women, and men, discussed many contreversal issues that the government wouldn't dare to speak about, such as, women's rights, abortion, and women's suffrage.
At first, women's suffrage was just a vague thought, until the ratification of the 15th Amendment, in which irked more and more women to want the right to vote. The 15th amendment states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This amendment basically privilaged men to vote, but not women. That foul decision resulted in outraged women that wanted change! This is how the birth of National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA) came about. The primary goals of the two associations were to gain voting rights for women.
In addition, many nobel women were deticated to the approval of women's suffrage, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Stone. Without those and many other feminests, the approval of women's sufrrage wouldn't have been a success.
The women's suffrage movement was a long, difficult era in history that lasted nearly 70 years, and in those years, many individuals fought long and hard for what they wanted. Finally in 1970, womenwere granted their wish-the right to vote. Since the ratification of the 19th amendment, the thoughts of women evolved drastically, however, in the end, the women won the battle-the fight for political power.
Suffrage: the right to vote.
Women's Suffrage: women's right to vote.
Women's suffrage was first, officially, proposed in the United States at a convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At this convention, women, and men, discussed many contreversal issues that the government wouldn't dare to speak about, such as, women's rights, abortion, and women's suffrage.
At first, women's suffrage was just a vague thought, until the ratification of the 15th Amendment, in which irked more and more women to want the right to vote. The 15th amendment states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This amendment basically privilaged men to vote, but not women. That foul decision resulted in outraged women that wanted change! This is how the birth of National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA) came about. The primary goals of the two associations were to gain voting rights for women.
In addition, many nobel women were deticated to the approval of women's suffrage, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Stone. Without those and many other feminests, the approval of women's sufrrage wouldn't have been a success.
The women's suffrage movement was a long, difficult era in history that lasted nearly 70 years, and in those years, many individuals fought long and hard for what they wanted. Finally in 1970, womenwere granted their wish-the right to vote. Since the ratification of the 19th amendment, the thoughts of women evolved drastically, however, in the end, the women won the battle-the fight for political power.
