Carrie Chapman Catt, American Women's Rights Activist

Adams when he was signing a new federal document. She was one of the earliest woman suffrage activists and her words towards her husband would eventually snowball into one of the most remembered suffrage movements in the history of the United States (Revolutionary Changes and Limitations). The women’s suffrage movement picked up speed in the 1840-1920 when women such as Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul came into the spot light. These women spearheaded the women suffrage movement

The fight for equal rights, especially for women, has never been stronger than it is in 2017. Just a few weeks ago women across the country staged a march on Washington D.C. called “The Women’s March on Washington”. This march wasn’t limited to just Washington, as 5 million participants marched in places such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle to express their disapproval with recently elected President Trump. This movement was the largest single-day demonstration is U.S. history

statement may sound peculiar to us because, in our lifetime, women have always had the right to vote, but this has not always been the case. Many people worked to earn this right. Carrie Chapman Catt was a women’s rights activist, who gave many speeches about women’s suffrage, which played a major role in earning the women’s right to vote. Born as Carrie Clinton Lane, January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin, Catt spent most of her life empowering women. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in general

as the Women’s Suffrage Movement. In the United States Civil War, women of the Union and Confederacy played an essential role with new responsibilities contributing assistance to men fighting in the war. During the wartime, feminists presented their political capabilities and contributions in the significance of the nation. Since women played an active role throughout the wartime, Northern women’s rights movement seek for recognition and deliberated a reasonable compensation for the right to vote

Introduction The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a political struggle, in which women protested and assembled to vote and run for office. The idea that women could not vote, run for office, be represented in the workplace, nor serve on juries contradicted early ideas that the American woman was a protector of the concepts of freedom and righteousness. The American suffrage movement originated from the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 (history.com). At this convention, women alongside a few men worked

in America-In 1690, early Americans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were the first to issue paper money in the colonies to meet the high demand for trade,also a response to the shortage of coins, which were primarily used as money at the time. 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act -only as a compromise with the advocates of free silver threatened,to undermine the U.S. Treasury's gold reserves. 2. Severe 1893 Depression- The Depression of 1893 was one of the worst in American history. unemployment rate

of the petticoat.” Through feminist movements and new laws being passed, women gained the right to vote. The women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Newman). In 1851, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was introduced by a mutual friend to another feminist that was also doing a lot of work for the women’s suffrage movement. This was Susan B. Anthony. Anthony and Stanton formed the Woman’s National

see many women activists and their roles in the fight for women’s rights. With the arrival of a new century also came many changes. Society was adjusting to industrialization, urbanization, a growing and powerful economy, and, of course, immigration. As a result of these changes, many people became fearful that traditional values would change as well. Progressive Reform in America began in the late nineteenth century, and an expanding job market as well as changes to the American lifestyle lead

The Women’s Rights Movement was a long and persistent battle fought by many brave female advocates that came before us such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony. These women selflessly dedicated their lives to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which forever changed the lives of womankind in America. Prior to their efforts, the United States was still in shambles over the Civil War and spent most of its focus on rebuilding the country and securing rights to African American

pushed for reform and have altered the way we live today.  These reformers brought about the awareness and tackled women’s rights, economic concentration, corporate power, poverty, food safety, and political corruption.