First, they tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote.
Second, women pursued court cases to test the 14th Amendment, which declared that states denying their male citizens the right to vote would lose congressional representation.
Third, women pushed for a national constitutional amendment to grant women the vote.
The suffragists wrote letters, lectured and organised petitions to gain support for votes for women. They took part in massive processions and demonstrations in London in order to persuade the government to consider the idea. They also used effective Propaganda. This eventually led to the vote being given in 1918 to the majority of women.
the states granted that only white men could own property and had the right to vote.
people thought she was out of her mind trying to protect and free woman from being depresed
During the 1800's, women had virtually no rights. It wasn't until the late 19th century that women won the right to vote. Progress was also made to allow women the equal right to higher education and job opportunities outside of the home.
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The women's sufferage movement actually started a few years before the Civil War and was brought to a temporary halt during the conflict. It continued on to the 1920's when women won the vote.
It first arose in the early 1800's but then rose again in the mid 1900's when woman finally got equal rights approved through congress
problems with who can vote and who couldn't
It gave women an equal vote in the organizationit passed a resolution in support of women's suffrage
the late 1800's from about 1860 to the very early 1900's ... also known as the Gilded Age.
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed in 1920 in the US. Woodrow Wilson was the US President.
the states granted that only white men could own property and had the right to vote.
1. womans suffrage 2. abolition 3. union 4. temprance your welcome at least i do my homewok
The womens sufferage movement in the late 1800's and early 1900's was when large groups of women (for example : N.A.W.S.A ) wanted equal rights as men, and wanted to have the ability to work as men did. they wanted to be like men not like those women who just been treated as pieces of scraps they wanted will and fredoom
people thought she was out of her mind trying to protect and free woman from being depresed
Suffrage means the right to vote, so a suffragist is, in general, a person in favor of giving the right to vote to a certain group or race. The word 'suffrage' was commonly used in the 1800's and early 1900's when referring the right of women to vote. An anti-suffragist was someone against that race or group having the right to vote, since 'anti' means 'against'.
At the start of the century only 3% of the poulation had the vote, ie male land owners over the age of 25. Female sufferage did not have a very strong following because male sufferage was not high either.
During the 1800's, women had virtually no rights. It wasn't until the late 19th century that women won the right to vote. Progress was also made to allow women the equal right to higher education and job opportunities outside of the home.