Women's Suffrage

3. In June 1919 a bill was passed by Congress, the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. This bill was made law on August 26, 1920.

Once the idea of Women’s voting rights were produced, two ladies (Susie B. Anthony and and Elizabeth Cady Stanton) wrote the 19th amendment, but it took 41 years for it to pass fully through congress and get accepted into the Constitution. In fact, it took so long that neither of them got to actually see the amendment pass. It was passed in congress in June of 1919 and ratified August of 1920. Men were the main cause as to why this amendment didn’t pass through right away, they felt it wasn't a woman's “job” to uphold “their” country. However, women did not back down, they rallied and formed alliances until finally it was passed and ratified. With this strong devodance to their American rights, they captured the ideal image of the Woman’s Suffrage Era, showing the amount of strength and persuasion it took to get their equal

The 19th amendment which assures all American woman have the right to vote,was passed by congress, on June 4, 1919 and then later ratified on August 18, 1920.In attaining this milestone, it required very prolonged and laborious struggle in which why victory took decades of

On January 29, 1866, this was the first petition presented in Congress out of the hundreds sent. Anthony’s and many other suffragists signatures surprised Congressmen and gave them a sense of the power of the crusader’s movement in suffrage. This petition enabled society to recognize the commencement of the fight for women’s voting rights.

(2) In 1917 Wilson began supporting the Suffrage Movement, and the process for the bill to become a ratified amendment was set in motion. (2) In order to be ratified, an amendment has to go through one of two processes in the legislature. The amendment can be voted in either by a two-thirds majority vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate or via a constitutional convention, which first must be called upon by the Senate legislatures in a two-thirds vote as well. (1) However, none of the present 27 amendments have been ratified via a constitutional convention. (1) Once the amendment has been proposed by congress it is sent to the states to be ratified in a three-fourths vote, or 38 out of 50, and then it can officially become part of the constitution.

One of the most significant milestones in the history of women's rights, undoubtedly, was the concession of women's right to vote. Now, prior to this, women were not considered to have any legal rights/autonomy- back then, people believed their only purpose to be to “fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother.” As a direct result of that, they were also paid little to no consideration when it came to making and passing laws. Thus, this landmark decision to grant women the right to vote heralded a new era for them, an era of newfound freedom and representation in government. The fight for women's voting rights began in the latter half of the 19th century, when women's rights activists saw that they could use the 14th and 15th Amendments to make a case for suffrage.

In 1920 the government finally ratified an amendment that granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment prohibits denying any citizen from the right to vote. The ratification of this amendment was probably one of the most significant events in the fight for women’s

After the Civil War and slavery had ended, the next big social issue was the fight over women’s suffrage. The people involved with the movement were very diverse and came from different circumstances before recognizing the need to women to have an equal role in politics with men. This essay assesses the impact of African American women on the women’s suffrage movement, from the time of slavery until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Different women as well as men participated in the movement in various ways, both black and white. They formed their opinions about African American women mainly based upon their various backgrounds and perspectives. A range of primary sources, such as speeches and quotes were used to discuss the viewpoints

Carrie Chapman Catt: President of NAWSA, led the campaign for women’s suffrage during Wilson 's administration.

During the late 19th century, women were in a society where man was dominant. Women did not have natural born rights, such as the right to vote, to speak in public, access to equal education, and so forth, did not stop them to fight for their rights. Women's lives soon changed when Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role to help bring about change.

The right to vote, the right to go to college, the right to own property. Some people take it as a right that they had all along. That is far from the truth. Suffragists fought long and hard for many years to gain women suffrage. Before the suffrage movement began, women did not have the right to vote, child custody rights, property rights, and more (Rynder). The American Women Suffrage Movement was going to change that. People known as suffragists spoke up, and joined the effort to get women their rights. Without them, things would be very different today. The American Suffrage Movement lasted over the course of many years and changed the lives of American women forever.

The woman suffrage movement, which succeeded in 1920 with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, coincided with major national reform movements seeking to improve public education, create public health programs, regulate business and industrial practices, and establish standards agencies to ensure pure food and public water supplies. In 1870, the first attempt that Virginia women, as a campaign, fought for the right to vote in New Jersey when native Anna Whitehead Bodeker invited several men and women sympathetic to the cause to a meeting that launched the first Virginia State Woman Suffrage Association in Richmond. Though it is not the same concept as fight for the right to vote, women have been fighting an invisible fight for along time in the terms of rape culture on college campuses. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women are sexually assaulted while in college. The fight women take to get help on college campuses is a hard battle when many times put through victim blaming and rejection by the police. Those who chose to stand up for their rights against the injustice, often placed upon them by societal and cultural expectations, make progress towards

The women 's suffrage movement, the time when women fought for their rights, began in the year 1848 and continued on all the way through the 1860s. Although women in the new republic had important roles in the family, the house, and other obligations, they were excluded from most rights. These rights included political and legal rights. Due to their gender, they have been held back because they did not have as much opportunities as the men did. The new republic made alterations in the roles of women by disparaging them in society. During this era, men received a higher status than women. Because women were forced to follow laws without being allowed to state their opinions, they tried to resist laws, fight for their freedom and strive to gain equality with men. This leads to feminism, the belief in political, social, and economic equality between men and women. It is the feminist efforts that have successfully tried to give rights that men had, to women who have been denied those rights. Upon the deprivation of those rights, the Seneca Falls convention and the Declaration of Sentiments helped women gain the privileges and opportunities to accomplish the task of equality that they have been striving for.

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.

Accordingly, frontier women gained the right to vote and over time other states granted females suffrage, in full or in part. Women became influential in elections and had an effect on who was elected into Congress. These members were then more obligated to vote for a women’s suffrage amendment to the Constitution. Finally, in 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed in part due to these members of Congress and because women had played a major role in supporting the country during World War I. The amendment stated that nobody could be denied the right to vote based on their gender. This was a great stepping stone for females that allowed them to participate in the world of politics and decide who their leaders were. No longer was the woman a voiceless bystander.