The Impact Of President Woodrow Wilson And Women's Suffrage

The role of American women has changed significantly from the time the nation was born, to the modern era of the 1950s and 1960s. Many people, "... believed that women's talent and energies ... would be put to the better [use] in the new republic." (Clinton 3) Clearly showing that society has seen the importance of the women's talents and that their skills can be very useful, exploited this and thus, the change of the women's role was inevitable. Society has understood that the roles of women played an important role on all parts of life.

Women’s suffrage was a huge controversy in the 1920s. Many women wanted the right to vote and their voice to be heard. This was the time where the flappers were in action. Women were loud, bold, and daring. All they needed was equal rights; they wanted equal pay, and mainly voting rights. During this time, President Wilson was in office. Wilson won the presidential election due to his view on women’s suffrage; he was completely against it. ("President Woodrow Wilson Picketed by women Suffragists.") On the other hand, his opponent, Roosevelt, supported women’s Suffrage. Throughout his time, his office, his view changed ("President Woodrow Wilson Picketed by Women Suffragists."). Wilson’s view on women’s suffrage changed dramatically but

Have you ever thought about how women suffered during the 1920’s? How women suffrage impacts today’s society? Women in the 1920’s suffered more than they do today. They didn’t have the same rights as men, they couldn’t vote or run for office. In today’s world women still suffer even if they have all the rights men do. Women suffrage was a substantial impact in the 1920’s and still is in today’s world.

In 1918, forced from the pressure from the public, President Wilson switched his stand on women’s voting rights from objection to support through the influence of Catt, who had a less-combative style than Paul. He began to propose an amendment that gives these women right to vote. Finally, in 1920 the congress issued the nineteenth Amendment which also named the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in order to remember the contribution she dedicated. The Amendment has an essential position in American history. It ended almost a century’s protest for women’s rights.

Of all the issues that were in the middle of reformation mid 1800’s, antislavery, education, intemperance, prison reform, and world peace, women’s rights was the most radical idea proposed. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was a rally held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton with the common goal to eventually achieve equal rights among all citizens. Frederick Douglass, who became an acclaimed activist in the African American Equal Rights movement, accompanied the movement. Moreover, The Declaration of Sentiments was a document that reflected the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, reiterating the sentiment from the Bible that “all men [and women] are created equal.” Concurrent to the publication of this document, for the first time, women insisted that they were men’s equals in every way. The Declaration of Sentiments was pivotal in Women’s history, although it was not given credit until the late 20th century. However, immediately after the Declaration of Sentiments was published, women and activist groups were inspired to take action towards rights for all underprivileged American citizens. The convention took place in a small town in upstate New York, which was home to four of the five people who organized the gathering. (DuBois, 1999, p. 45) This was the first time female equality was discussed in a public place. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was one of the most important events in women’s rights history.

Women’s suffrage, or the crusade to achieve the equal right for women to vote and run for political office, was a difficult fight that took activists in the United States almost 100 years to win. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified, declaring all women be empowered with the same rights and responsibilities of citizenship as men, and on Election Day, 1920 millions of women exercised their right to vote for the very first time.

Wilson had many successes on promoting the reform. One of them was the 17th Amendment, which allowed for senators to be elected by the people in their representative states, rather than chosen by state legislatures. This gave people more power because electoral college or other power cannot interfere with people’s ideas. This was one of the success he had on promoting the reform. Another success was the 19th Amendment, which granted women to right to vote. This was one of the major conflict that started ever since the America was founded. This started from one of the first women, Abigail Adams to Wilson Presidency. Wilson finally solve this conflict but this is still not accepted by some people so people are still fighting for it. Therefore,

second term in office. This time Wilson is running on a platform emphasizing progressive goals such as more

The lasting impact for the Women’s Suffrage Movement is that now women can be CEOs, business owners, run for office, and become landowners. They do not just have to take care of the household. Some examples of women who have made an impact in today’s world include: Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Nikki Haley. Some influential people during the 20s and 40s include: Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. Hilary Clinton is an example of someone who has made an impact in American government. She was the former secretary of state under former President Barack Obama. Prior to being the secretary of state, she was the senator of New York. In addition, Oprah Winfrey is best known for being a talk show host. However most people do not know

In my opinion, Woodrow Wilson's address to the suffrage of women's rights to vote was a noble one overall. Although my views of the entire ordeal starting with the original Bill to be passed on January 12, 1918, to his senate address on September 30, 1918 are all a bit farfetched. After doing much needed research, I discovered that originally President Wilson was actually against the bill all together. In fact, he appealed the bill twice before its passing on June 4, 1919. With that being said, how could a man claim to be for women's rights when he alone also appealed for the passing of women's rights to vote. One major quote from his address comes to mind in analyzing the entire sequence of events as a whole. The quote states "We have made

The questions before you are the very questions I intend to have answered while researching this subject. I want to take my readers back into time when women had no voice to be heard, and no opinions to be made. Women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone are just some of the women whom paved the way for our women of today. I will cover their stories and their individual fight for women’s right.

Campaigns for Women Suffrage and their Effectiveness Throughout the nineteenth century, the suffragists and the suffragettes worked hard campaigning for women suffrage. Finally, in 1918, the vote was given to women, but only women over thirty. But suffrage campaigns, although important, were not the only reason that the franchise was granted. Some other reasons include, a fear of the return of suffragette activity, the government following an international trend, the government making changes to the voting system anyway, and the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, being more sympathetic to the cause that the previous Prime Minister was.

California women and men worked tirelessly to strengthen the women’s suffrage campaign from 1893, when the state legislature passed an amendment permitting women to vote in state elections, through the final passage of the amendment in 1911. The strength of the movements themselves, passionate support overcoming harsh opposition, pushed by the people and the organizations championing for the women’s vote were the main contributing factors which accumulated in the eventual passage of Amendment 8. Since California women have begun to vote, there have been many advancements and setbacks in the other women’s rights movements, including the Nineteenth Amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Women have been able to make a change in society about themselves, yet they are still being treated as a toy that is being controlled by society. Hillary Clinton noticed that women around the world were being treated differently from men. She saw that women’s rights were not being regarded as human rights and that it was time for women to make a difference and have their rights be considered as human rights. Our world is improving from the past and Hillary Clinton is stating that it is time for a change to make each individual be equal including both women and men. In Hillary Clinton’s World Conference on Women speech, the first lady wants to notify the public that women’s rights are human rights by describing the hard work that women do in the world, appealing to the feelings of women, and using a tone that is determined to make her dream become a reality.

Creating a nation that had nothing to begin with, yet redefined what living prosperously is, took more than just man. It took more than just women. The nation we call the United States needed both sexes more than they ever would never knew. Yet people often forget every mother, daughter, sister and aunt has made a difference whether man wants to own up to the allegation. Women have suffered before the years that are now ahead of you.