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Women’s suffrage was a movement mainly to force Congress to pass
an amendment that enabled women the right to vote. The movement originally began
to be recognized after the Seneca Falls Convention. held in Seneca Falls New
York this was the first major suffrage convention that lit the fire that would
sweep across the nation until early into the 20th century. Early movement leaders such as Susan B.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the movement off by sending petitions
to congress. These and multiple other women were considered the first woman’s
rights pioneers.
The movement erupted across
the nation at the turn of the century. Women from all over screamed at Congress
for reform while the idea still as somewhat of a joke to the government. As the
original leaders were now too old to continue running the movement passed on to
two huge organizations. These were the National American Woman Suffrage
Association (NAWSA) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP). The NAWSA believed
more in enfranchising in individaul states and eventually petitioned that
President Wilson pass the amendment. The NWP took to more radical actions
including picketing outside the White House. They saw that the fight for woman’s
suffrage was a war for rights.
In 1920, after fifty years of petitions, protests, and picketings,
Congress eventually gave in to the demands of the combined efforts of both the
NAWSA and the NWP, now combined to be both be the NWP. Millions of women
ac the country rejoiced as they could now vote. See key terms for the
women’s suffrage movement below…
Seneca
Falls Convention of 1848- the first
national women’s rights convention at which the declaration of sentiments was
written
Susan
B. Anthony-
(1820-1906) An American social reformer, she was active in the
temperance, abolitionist, and women’s suffrage movements and was co-organizer
and president of the National
Woman Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt- A key coordinator of the suffrage movement and skilled political strategist. She revitalized the National American Woman Suffrage Association and played a leading role in its successful campaign to win voting rights for women
Alice
Paul-
(1885-1977) American social reformer, suffragest, and activist, she was
founder of the organization that became the National Women’s Party (NWP) that
worked to obtain women’s suffrage.
NAWSA-
The National
American Woman Suffrage Association was a combination of two of the most
influential women’s organizations of the 19th century. It became the
most mainstream and nationally visible pro-suffrage groups. Their strategy
involved pushing women’s suffrage at a state level. They believed that gaining
state by state support would eventually force the government to pass the
amendment.
NWP-
A merger between NAWSA and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in 1917. They
focused mainly on getting Congress to pass the amendment rather than State Suffrage like other organizations of the
time
Nineteenth
Amendment-
(1920) a constitutional amendment that gave women the right to
vote
Margaret
Sanger- A
reformer that actively challenged
federal and state Comstock laws to
bring Birth Control to women to relieve them of the strained of unwanted
pregnancies.
an amendment that enabled women the right to vote. The movement originally began
to be recognized after the Seneca Falls Convention. held in Seneca Falls New
York this was the first major suffrage convention that lit the fire that would
sweep across the nation until early into the 20th century. Early movement leaders such as Susan B.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the movement off by sending petitions
to congress. These and multiple other women were considered the first woman’s
rights pioneers.
The movement erupted across
the nation at the turn of the century. Women from all over screamed at Congress
for reform while the idea still as somewhat of a joke to the government. As the
original leaders were now too old to continue running the movement passed on to
two huge organizations. These were the National American Woman Suffrage
Association (NAWSA) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP). The NAWSA believed
more in enfranchising in individaul states and eventually petitioned that
President Wilson pass the amendment. The NWP took to more radical actions
including picketing outside the White House. They saw that the fight for woman’s
suffrage was a war for rights.
In 1920, after fifty years of petitions, protests, and picketings,
Congress eventually gave in to the demands of the combined efforts of both the
NAWSA and the NWP, now combined to be both be the NWP. Millions of women
ac the country rejoiced as they could now vote. See key terms for the
women’s suffrage movement below…
Seneca
Falls Convention of 1848- the first
national women’s rights convention at which the declaration of sentiments was
written
Susan
B. Anthony-
(1820-1906) An American social reformer, she was active in the
temperance, abolitionist, and women’s suffrage movements and was co-organizer
and president of the National
Woman Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt- A key coordinator of the suffrage movement and skilled political strategist. She revitalized the National American Woman Suffrage Association and played a leading role in its successful campaign to win voting rights for women
Alice
Paul-
(1885-1977) American social reformer, suffragest, and activist, she was
founder of the organization that became the National Women’s Party (NWP) that
worked to obtain women’s suffrage.
NAWSA-
The National
American Woman Suffrage Association was a combination of two of the most
influential women’s organizations of the 19th century. It became the
most mainstream and nationally visible pro-suffrage groups. Their strategy
involved pushing women’s suffrage at a state level. They believed that gaining
state by state support would eventually force the government to pass the
amendment.
NWP-
A merger between NAWSA and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in 1917. They
focused mainly on getting Congress to pass the amendment rather than State Suffrage like other organizations of the
time
Nineteenth
Amendment-
(1920) a constitutional amendment that gave women the right to
vote
Margaret
Sanger- A
reformer that actively challenged
federal and state Comstock laws to
bring Birth Control to women to relieve them of the strained of unwanted
pregnancies.