Women's Suffrage
1821-1920
Significance in History
At first women had no intention of being equals, yet the war started hopes of freedoms. After women were granted the right to education, they yearned for more. Their new knowledge informed them of how society was run--alerting them to their inequality. The lack of their right to vote also classified them as below men. Women looked back to their female relatives who had lived during the Revolution, and found inspiration from their positive reaction to the war. Revolutionary mothers raised a new generation of independent women.
1848
The first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls and the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution is written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton + Lucretia Mott |
Explain Women's Right's through the Ages (Source: NWHM) |
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When "The Declaration of Sentiments" was read to the public it got their attention immediately because it was modeled after the Declaration of Independence --> showing women could be equal to men. "The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.....The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in history." -Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Source: Personal Diary)
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1920
The Constitution was amended and Women were given the right to vote. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” -(Source: 19th Amendment) "The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women." -Alice Paul
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