Women’s Suffrage Saanvi Kunisetty

 Women’s Suffrage

Saanvi Kunisetty

The women’s movement was a significant part of our history, and what was most valued was the right to vote. This was firstly because women contributed heavily to the ongoing World War I at that time, which President Woodrow Wilson declared was fought on the basis of democracy. Women were aggravated that they were working toward a cause about democracy, but didn’t have it themselves. Secondly, during that time, taxes were a big debate, especially in Congress and such. Women wanted to be able to vote to have a say on the way they were taxed. Or else, it would be like the American Revolution all over again- “taxation without representation.” Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two of the earliest leaders of the women's rights movement. In addition to this was Ida Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), as she was a colored women herself. Women organized many marches, protests, and more, but many men highly opposed this and mistreated them, and many peaceful protests turned into violent and hurtful riots. Newspapers did begin to gain sympathy for women. Finally, after a long time, women received the right to vote with the 19th amendment, which was ratified in 1920.  

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