Jessie Daniel Ames. In The Early Twentieth Century, Woman

First and foremost, the fight for women’s rights is something that has occurred throughout time not only in the United States, but in every part of the world. When it comes to the United States, one cannot deny that it was an important historical event. “The struggle for women’s suffrage in the United States had occupied better part of a century” (Source 1). Truly a struggle, for it was not acknowledged by men in the past, primarily white man who had full rights in the nation. Susan B. Anthony was an important leading figure of the Suffrage Movement and contributed to the Suffrage Movement.

Her name was not high in government, but high in the fight that women across the country were involved in one way or another. Carrie Lane Chapman Catt was a leader, along with Susan B. Anthony, who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Her role in this “civil war” led her to be a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).

Guilt and lack of empowerment can cause people to stand up for what they believe in. Florence Kelley, a successful social worker delivered a speech in 1905 for the National American Woman Suffrage Association at Philadelphia. Passionately and pointedly, Kelley persuades her audience that if women were allowed to vote, then child labor laws could be fixed.

Susan Brownell Anthony was a magnificent women who devoted most of her life to gain the right for women to vote. She traveled the United States by stage coach, wagon, and train giving many speeches, up to 75 to 100 a year, for 45 years. She went as far as writing a newspaper, the Revolution, and casting a ballot, despite it being illegal.

The fight for women suffrage was one of the largest reform movements of the Progressive era. In the twentieth century, it was hard for American’s to understand why the right to vote was a big disagreement. Alan Brinkley, an American historian, wrote, “that woman

“It took 400 years after the declaration of independence was signed and 50 years after black men were given voting rights before women were treated as full American citizens and able to vote.” A women named Susan B. Anthony was one of those women struggling to be the same as mankind. Susan B. Anthony worked helped form women’s way to the 19th amendment. Anthony was denied an opportunity to speak at a convention because she was a woman. She then realized that no one would take females seriously unless they had the right to vote. Soon after that she became the founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. In 1872, she voted in the presidential election illegally and then arrested with a hundred dollar fine she never paid.” I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”(Anthony) When Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906, women still didn’t have the right to vote. 14 years after her death, the 19th amendment was passed. In honor of Anthony her portrait was put on one dollar coins in

The battle for suffrage was a long and slow process. Many women tried to initiate the fight for suffrage, like Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. “These were the New Suffragists: women who were better educated, more career-oriented, younger, less apt to be married and more cosmopolitan than their previous generation.” (pg 17) Eventually, in 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified; allowing women to vote, but it was not any one person or event that achieved this great feat. It was the confluence of certain necessary factors, the picketing and parades led by Alice Paul, militaristic suffrage parties and the influence of the media that caused the suffrage amendment to be passed and ratified in 1920. But most importantly, they successfully moved both

Elizabeth Stanton was an amazing woman and historical figure, who demonstrates what it takes to get a law passed in the United States Government. Elizabeth along with many other women laid the ground work for the women’s movement by organizing the Woman’s Suffrage Movement. The power and influence of these tremendous women grew for many years, and transformed into the National Women’s Suffrage Association (NWSA). Sadly, Elizabeth was not able to exercise her right to vote in her lifetime, nevertheless, the contributions that she made to the women’s movement will be recognized in history

In A Woman’s Crusade, Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot, Mary Walton argues how important it is for women to actively know the history with their equality rights, and how Alice Paul and other women fought so hard for those rights throughout time. All through time women have fought for the right to vote, equal rights in the workplace, and rights for our own body, these fights have been so important for woman to move on in our society to been seen as equals and not the weaker sex. Moving back in time with Mary Walton’s book “A Woman’s Crusade,” in the early stages of women’s suffrage is an inspiring crusade of inspiration. Alice Paul started her early days as an eighth generation American Quaker, living a life as a Quaker Alice Paul

In the cartoon, it states “20,000,000 American Women Are Not Self-Governed” (Doc 7). This cartoon establishes the idea of women not taking part in the process of developing their own government. This is a necessary part to uphold as the equality of women leads to the right to vote, a key point in basic American rights. Two major women that fronted women's suffrage movement were Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Lucretia Mott initially started this movement with Elizabeth Stanton, in Seneca Falls, NY. In the letter to Elizabeth Stanton from Susan B. Anthony, she asks the question, “If only now--all the women suffrage women would work to this end of enforcing the existing constitution--supremacy of national law over state law over state law” (Doc 2). The idea of women's suffrage is not a simple task, as enforcing this law is a difficult task to continually maintain within both the national and state

(Hannam 296) During the Anti-Slavery Movement, she had valuable experience in public speaking and running poilitical organizations through her work in the abolishionist movement. (298 ) in the process women were generally discouraged from taking active part in public life and expected to join women only groups in support of male organizations (ibid) While Elizabeth Cady Stanton is best known for her long contribution to the woman suffrage struggle, without her struggles these issues wouldnt have been effective in winning property rights for married women, equal guardianship of children, and liberalized divorce laws. These reforms made it possible for women to leave marriages that were abusive of the wife, the children, and the economic health of the family.

A 19th-century suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born on November 12, 1815, became involved in the abolitionist movements and many women’s rights movements. She helped organize the world’s first women’s rights convention in 1848 which is one of her major achievements. She also made the National Women’s Loyal League with Susan B. Anthony in 1863, and became Anthony’s close friend. They later established the National Woman Suffrage Association together. With her knowledge and determination to bring women rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton became a known voice for women rights. Her efforts helped start a massive movement for women’s rights and equality. It is still going today. (History).

She also wrote The Declaration of Sentiments, calling for changes in the society. she called for equality for women and demanding the right to vote as a citizen. She also declared that men and women are equal. Stanton was also the founder of the National Women Suffrage Association. She also wrote many speeches to support the women’s rights. She addressed issues beyond voting right, including divorce, custody right, property right and employment. Sojourner Truth play in the women’s right movement by advocating equality and justice. She gives speeches at the women’s right convention in Worcester. She argued for women reform activism. Susan B. Anthony play in the women’s rights movement by dedicated her life to the women’s right. She delivered messages and called for equality for all people. She was the vice president of the National Women Suffrage Association. She campaigned for women’s right and visited towns to speak about women’s suffrage. Anthony was arrested because she voted illegally. She could not be the witness because she’s a women. During the court, she speak out and argued against the injustice of being denied the right to vote. Mary Church Terrell was a leader of black women’s suffrage movement. She asked white suffragist do not forget forget black women. She fought for equality through social and education reform. She was the president of the National Association of Color women. She became active in the suffrage movement and speaking out for women’s right to vote, especially for black women. The role that Alice Paul in the women's right movement was that she’s She fought for women's suffrage by leading demonstrations and protesting. She was a leader of the National Woman's Party. She and her followers picket the White house. They stand in silent with banners protesting against administrator who

Louisa May Alcott was in every way born to become a reformist. It is even said that “[a]s an adult, Louisa May sometimes signed her letters, ‘Yours for reforms of all kinds’” (Concord Women Cast First Votes). Growing up in early nineteenth century Massachusetts, “a crucible of reform movements,” to parents who were both incredibly dedicated to reformation, she was exposed to many different reform movements throughout the entirety of her life. While her immense success as an author would ultimately overshadow her devout work for women’s rights, she is still to be considered an essential pioneer for the women’s right to vote in Concord.

Under women’s rights is, naturally, women’s suffrage (Rawls). The Socialist Party supported women’s suffrage because they believed that a woman’s vote was a step closer to a more egalitarian and socialist utopian society. Helen Valeska Bary, an administrator for the Los Angeles Political Equality League, said, in an interview with American history author Jacqueline K. Parker, that “every place where we had worked and sent literature and all that, we lost. We won in the places that we had neglected” (Bary). These places were rural areas, known as “cow counties.” They had not heard of the campaign for women’s suffrage until it had been reported in the newspapers that the referendum had failed. These voters then went to the voting boxes and voted for Amendment 8 (Bary). CONCLUSION