Engaging Voters

The Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 1920’s worked to grant women the right to vote nationally, thereby allowing women more political equality. Due to many industrial and social changes during the early 19th century, many women were involved in social advocacy efforts, which eventually led them to advocate for their own right to vote and take part in government agencies. Women have been an integral part of society, working to help those in need, which then fueled a desire to advocate for their own social and political equality. While many women worked tirelessly for the vote, many obstacles, factions, and ultimately time would pass in order for women to see the vote on the national level. The 19th Amendment, providing women the right to vote, enable women further their pursuit for full inclusion in the working of American society.

In 1915, Carrie Chapman Catt, a previous school teacher, moved towards becoming the leader of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and built up a new technique to win the vote. She named her method of achieving this goal the “Winning plan”, her technique included the loss of numerous key U.S. senators and the identification of supporters prepared to campaign in each state legislative district in the country.

On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex, was ratified. This amendment represented nearly eighty years of struggle for American suffragists. Throughout this arduous journey the suffrage movement evolved alongside the women who embodied it, each generation splintering into moderate and radical factions. Since its founding in 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) had been the leading women’s suffrage organization. However in 1916, growing disillusioned with NAWSA’s moderate style and political theory, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns broke away and formed their own coalition: the National Woman’s Party. It is the purpose of this paper to illustrate that these two organizations, while different in political tactics, were equally effective in securing suffrage for women due to the combination of their independent activities.

Women suffrages advocated for overall women’s rights but more primarily was the right to vote and run for office. In Canada 1915, “the Political Equality League presented the new Liberal Government with a formal petition for the enfranchisement of women.” ("Women's rights during WW1 in Canada.”) However, it failed to pass in any province until “early 1919 the right to vote was extended to all women in Canada through the Act of to confer the Electoral Franchise Upon Women.” ("Women's rights during WW1 in Canada.”)

Thankfully to the persistent efforts of women in the first decade of 1900, eleven more states granted full voting rights before the 19th amendment passed and granted women the right to vote everywhere in 1920. Now this does not make up for the social and racial inequality that took place during this time, however it is evident that the people of this generation had no trouble getting involved and transforming the ideals of those around them, if they used their privilege and status

Furthermore “But the final triumph for woman suffrage in the United States was neither easy nor automatic. It took more decades of organizing, it took street demonstrations by Alice Paul's National Woman's Party, and it took the patriotic efforts of women during World War I to achieve victory” (Matthews Suffrage, Woman). The women of the 1920s worked hard for their rights and their sacrifices cannot be undermined Although the issues such as rape, domestic

The campaign for women’s suffrage began in the earnest in the decades before the Civil War. During the 19th century, as male suffrage was slowly extended in many countries, women became increasingly active in the search for their own suffrage. In 1848, a group of abolitionists activists- mostly women, but some men- gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the problem of women’s rights. With

In 1907, the Men's League for Women's Suffrage was formed. Their methods were much more civil, signing petitions and approaching the problem in a more political way. Their efforts weren’t acknowledged. Although most women wanted the same rights as men, some didn’t. In 1908, The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was formed. They believed that women shouldn’t have a say in how the government is, that is was a man’s job. Some of these efforts were heard and women were first able to vote at the first Commonwealth election in 1901. In addition, women were able take part in The Democratic National Convention in Denver in 1908. And that same year, we celebrated the very first International Women’s Day.

On August 18th 1920 the nineteenth amendment was ratified in the United States granting women the right to vote. Over that time women have gone out and exercised their right to vote, since so many fought for this privilege. However, in this current day are women still motivate and women are still an easy group to mobilize? Logically the answer would be yes since hundreds of suffragettes fought for this fundamental right, but in the most recent presidential election about only 55.6% of all Americans exercised their right to vote. In the United States gender influences a multitude of different experiences, decisions and affiliations many would think more would go out and vote. Throughout this paper it will focus on both voter mobilization and party affliction for women overall. In the ANES Codebook (2012) over 3000 women were respondents compared to the “2847” male respondents. This alone shows how females are a fundamental and an extremely influential part of the voting process, which means their opinion can either make or break a candidate. If women feel that a certain candidate will not provide them certain rights the percentage of women voting for that particular candidate should decease, and vise versa. The reason this relationship exists is because many women in this country strive for equality and most want political figures to help provide certain benefits to eventually achieve gender equality. Throughout this paper I will provide literature that focuses on the subject

Women’s suffrage, and gender equality, is one example of contemporary events repeating history because there were similar struggles between the early 1900s and today. Starting in the 1900s, women’s suffrage was still highly controversial, and ridiculed in the press. Women’s suffrage, the definition obtained in the dictionary, is the right of women to vote (The Definition of Gender Equality). Women’s suffrage, and various gender equality associations, were unpopular for many reasons: some feared the equality would destroy families, others did not want women drafted into war and granted special privileges. Through that all, women still kept their eyes on the prize. They sought equality and the right to vote, the right to be equal

Women’s Suffrage is a subject that could easily be considered a black mark on the history of the United States. The entire history of the right for women to vote takes many twists and turns but eventually turned out alright. This paper will take a look at some of these twists and turns along with some of the major figures involved in the suffrage movement.

The Women’s Right Movement happened from 1848 to 1998 in the United States (1). The first women’s right convention is held in Seneca Falls (2). Back in the 19th century, women didn’t allow to vote and had no voice in their community; Moreover, they lost their respect from others. In 1912, 4 million women eligible to vote for the first time and from

Voter Participation/turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Which varies by country based on sex, race, and religion. Also, age and citizenship are usually one the principles.

By specifically examining the U.S youth participation during the 2008 presidential election in regards to civic instruction, and service learning, we are presented with the more specific aspects of college student participation. In this volume we find that community service or any type of service learning is for many college students the more likely aspect of voting to participate in. The researcher can find this information useful in a sense of understand what the a specific class of American youth is actually interested in. By understanding the interests of each class, such as the service hungry college student, we are able to further brainstorm solutions to the overall issue of participation

Uninformed voting is a large problem in America. I believe the “Get Out the Vote” movement is a powerful driving force behind this issue. They encourage people, through pressure and patriotic guilt, to vote in elections they otherwise were not going to and are likely uninformed about. They use tactics, some legal, some not, to achieve their goals of higher turnout in elections.