Women's Rights In The 1920s

Other influential women in women suffrage history, such as Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell, formed the American Woman Suffrage Association in late 1869. This group’s goal was to continue Anthony’s and Stanton’s goal and gain voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions. The territory of Wyoming was later the first to pass the women’s suffrage law; and women began to serve on juries there as early as the following year.

The entire Women’s Movement in the United States has been quite extensive. It can be traced back to 1848, when the first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. After two days of discussions, 100 men and women signed the Declaration of Sentiments. Drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, this document called for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. This gathering set the agenda for the rest of the Women’s Movement long ago (Imbornoni). Over the next 100 years, many women played a part in supporting equal treatment for women, most notably leading to the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which allowed women the right to vote.

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone created one of the first organizations in New York, 1848. (Lewis B.R. Women at War: the women of World War 2; at home, at work, on the Front Line) The goal of this movement was to bring attention to the public about restrictions against women and to address the issues regarding equality between men and women. However, the main goal was to earn themselves the right to vote. These women promoted their ideas and concerns by speaking in girl schools and in public as well as participating in the hostings of parades around the White House. All of the women’s information was beginning to influence others, therefore, they received support from people outside of the movement. Finally, after all of the fighting women did to gain liberation, the government passed the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 which granted women a right to vote. (https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/home.html) Thus, after all the protesting, marches, parades and organizations, women’s voices were finally heard and they now felt more equal to men because their long term goal was achieved.

The first women's right convention was held in Seneca Falls New York in July of 1948. This was the meeting that started the women's suffrage movement. The Seneca Falls Convention was mainly organized by Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Nearly three hundred women attended the convention. During the convention Elizabeth Stanton with the help of the other attendees drafted the Declaration of Sentiments.

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women had very few rights. In the United States, women could not vote or own property. Without any say in politics, the battle for rights was long and strenuous. After the Seneca Falls convention was held in 1848, the women’s suffrage movement took off. Once women were able to vote, gaining more rights would become much easier.

In the 1840’s the first women suffrage convention entitled Seneca Falls Convention took place some women thought that their view were too extreme. .Many women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and, Frances Willard created Women Suffrage groups. These women had different ideas of how they should go about becoming equal but all wanted the same outcome.

Without protests,we wouldn’t have all the rights we have today. Throughout the 1920s, America had a hard problem of giving the female citizens rights. We would live in a life where life is just one way and bland, protests are the reasons for uniqueness. The 1920s Women’s Suffrage were hard times for feminist who wanted to go out work instead of being a typical housewife. After the 1920s Women’s protest, are now able to work and prove the stereotype as being worthless,dense, and wrong.

One of the first Gatherings devoted to Woman Rights in the United States was in Seneca Falls New York. It was a convention organized by Elizabeth Stanton a mother of 4 and a Quaker abolitionist. At that convention Stanton drafted a Declaration of sentiments, grievances, and resolutions, which echoed the Declaration of Independence. She went on to say that all men and women where created equally under god and should thus should be treated equally socially. After some time women lobbyist and Activist continued to grow and eventually women gain the right to vote. And with the right to vote the women's rights movement took a huge leap forward. Society begin to accept women as more equal in the society and in the government.

Beginning in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York was the first right for women's right. Only the start of the 50-year battle to get equality. Roughly 300 people attended mostly woman, Frederick Douglass was only of the few men there. The two organizers Elizab0eth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were mocked by press after the meeting for equality, that made them fight harder. In the beginning of the twentieth century, woman had no place in politics and were often discriminated. A movement named Women's suffrage had a big part in women getting the right to vote. In the United States, it was known as Woman's National League founded by Elizabeth Cady and Susan B. Anthony. Many men were apart of this movement, even making their own movement called Men's Leagues for Woman Suffrage roughly 20,000 members. Another one, National American Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) lead by Carrie Chapman Catt, helped start campaigns in the states this group had millions of members. Next came National Organization for Woman (NOW) lead by Alice Paul, had a more powerful approach with protecting and picketing. The overall point was to get Congress and President Woodrow Wilson to open their eyes. World War 1 did not interfere with the campaign it only helped by stating without woman working

The timeline of women’s suffrage is a one that spans from 1848 to 1920. The women’s rights movement in the United States started in the year 1848 with the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. During this convention the ‘Declaration of sentiments’ was signed by 68 women who agreed that women deserved their own political identities. This document set forward the agenda for the women’s rights movement. In the year 1869, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women’s suffrage Association which demanded that the 15th amendment be changed to include women right to vote. In the year 1890, The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merged to form National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Colorado was the first state to grant women the right to vote in the year 1893, followed by Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, South Dakota and Oklahoma. The National Association of Colored Women was formed in the year 1896 to promote the civil rights of colored women. The National Women’s Trade Union League was established in the year 1903 in order to improve the working condition for women and also to bring their wages in par with that of men.

(History of Women’s Suffrage). The “feminist movement” took flight at the Seneca Falls Convention, arranged by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in July of 1848. Soon after this major success, Lucy Stone was quick to organize a follow up National Women’s Rights Convention. A pioneer of her times, Lucy Stone was one of the few women who chose to maintain her maiden name even after marriage (First-wave Feminism). These leaders were quick to bring their movement to new members.

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.

Women’s Suffrage issues became prominent in America’s culture when women began leaving their traditional roles as homemakers. Women became more involved in their communities by seeking jobs and fulfilling leadership roles in which they could improve society. In the 1830’s, thousands of women were involved in the movement to abolish slavery. The first organized gathering devoted to women’s rights in the United States was held in July of 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth Stanton would draft a “Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances, and Resolutions,” based on the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming, “All men and women are created equal” (History.com).

Women’s suffrage in the United States began in the nineteenth century and continued into the twentieth century until the nineteenth amendment was passed in 1920 to give women the right to vote. Women’s rights activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony protested the fifteenth amendment that was passed in 1869 because the amendment unfairly did not include women. While Anthony and Stanton protested this proposed amendment other activists such as Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe fought against the women’s suffrage movement by saying that if African-Americans got their right to vote women would gain theirs soon after. The conflict that arose from the two sides butting heads gave way to the formation of two organizations, the National Women’s Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. The National Women’s Suffrage Association fought for women’s right to vote at a federal level, they also fought for married women to have the same rights as their husbands in regards to property. The American Woman Suffrage Association took a slightly different approach by attempting to get women the right to vote through much simpler means of the state legislature. The women involved in these movements finally got their day in Washington on January 12, 1915 as a women’s suffrage bill was brought before the House of Representatives but

One of the first things to change the role of women in society was the right to vote. Women were seen as an object that took care of the things men didn’t want to. "The female doesn 't really expect a lot from life. She 's here as someone 's keeper — her husband 's or her children 's" (Tavaana). Some women didn’t want this and they knew the start to getting equality was to get the right to vote. It started in July 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony started a movement that would continue even into the the 21st century. Their main goal was to get the women to vote and that fight lasted seventy years (“Women 's Suffrage”). A few states like Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado gave women the right to before the whole country did. All of this was at stake on June 4, 1919. It was the key vote to see if women would be given the right to vote. “The Senate approved the amendment by 56 to 25 after four hours of debate...” By 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified in all the states.