"I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a man of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation"
-Susan B. Anthony
-Susan B. Anthony
19th Amendment
At the time the U.S. was founded, women did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote. After the ending of the Civil War, a change began to emerge within society, black male slaves were granted the right to vote and women also believed that its female citizens should be considered equal as men. The search for equality is what lead to the Woman Suffrage Movement.
In 1848, the movement for women's rights first launched on a national level with a convention held in Seneca Falls, New York; organized by famous abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. With a successful convention under their belts, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony demand for the right to vote; making it a centerpiece of the women's rights movement.
These three women, along with many other activists throughout the United States, formed organizations that helped raised public awareness and hoped to influence the government to grant women the same right that is granted to both European-American and African-American men.
In 1919, Congress passed the amendment granting women the right to vote; however it was later ratified within many of the Southern states. Southern politicians believed that their strong white supremacy would be threatened and in grave danger if women are allowed to vote based on the notion that women are emotional human beings. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, along with the National Women's Party continued to campaign until August 18, 1920, 70-years after the movement began, Tennessee became the remaining state to ratify the 19th Amendment granting 26 million women, about half the nation's population, the right to vote.
In 1848, the movement for women's rights first launched on a national level with a convention held in Seneca Falls, New York; organized by famous abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. With a successful convention under their belts, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony demand for the right to vote; making it a centerpiece of the women's rights movement.
These three women, along with many other activists throughout the United States, formed organizations that helped raised public awareness and hoped to influence the government to grant women the same right that is granted to both European-American and African-American men.
In 1919, Congress passed the amendment granting women the right to vote; however it was later ratified within many of the Southern states. Southern politicians believed that their strong white supremacy would be threatened and in grave danger if women are allowed to vote based on the notion that women are emotional human beings. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, along with the National Women's Party continued to campaign until August 18, 1920, 70-years after the movement began, Tennessee became the remaining state to ratify the 19th Amendment granting 26 million women, about half the nation's population, the right to vote.