🟢 WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

Women’s Suffrage Movement

Movement to gain women the right to vote

Women’s Suffrage Movement Why

Because women were denied political and social rights

Seneca Falls

First women’s rights convention in 1848

Seneca Falls Why

To demand equality for women

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Leader who organized Seneca Falls

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Why

To push for women’s rights

Susan B Anthony

Activist who campaigned for women’s voting rights

Susan B Anthony Why

To gain equality for women

Ida B Wells

Activist who fought for suffrage and against lynching

Ida B Wells mission

To fight racism and sexism together

Suffrage in the West

Western states gave women voting rights earlier

Suffrage in the West Why

Because western communities were newer and more flexible

WWI Women’s Role

Women working jobs during World War I

How did WWI Women’s Role Happen

Because men were away fighting in war

19th Amendment

Amendment granting women the right to vote

19th Amendment Why

To secure voting rights after decades of activism

How Long did the suffrage movement last?

72 years, 1842 - 1920

19th amendment Ratifaction

August 18th 1920

13th amendment (1865)

• Put an end to slavery throughout the United States

• Made it unconstitutional going forward

Declration of sediments

• Modeled on the Declaration of Independence

• Listed grievances against society’s treatment of women

• Demanded right to vote, own property, access education, control wages