Explain Why The 19th Amendment Was A Turning Point In America
A Turning Point in America
The Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Before the 1900s
The women's suffrage movement or what some people consider "1st wave feminism" originally began in the mid-1800s. In 1984, the revolutionary movement started. This movement's purpose was to give women the rights that they deserved and to make them equal to men. This movement's focus was on giving women the right to vote. It officially started at the Seneca Falls Convention. Three women were at the forefront of the movement at the beginning and those women were: Susan B Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Candy Stanton. Several other activists aided these three women in their fight for a women's right to vote. They lobbied and fought against a society that belittled women in every way.
Back in the day, in the early years of America, women weren't seen as equals to men. They weren't seen as human beings who deserved basic rights. Some examples of …show more content…
Around 1910, 17 more states did the same thing. With the new-found support, the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (which was later renamed, the Women's Political Union) started organizing and hosting parades, marches, and picket-lines. Around this time, another women-focused organization was founded, the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (which was later renamed, the National Women's Party)
When first elected in 1913, President Wilson did not support women's rights, but after much influence, in 1918, he switched his stance on the issue. After seeing the help and effort women put into World War 1, he introduced a new amendment that was targeted on giving women the voting rights they deserved. Despite the support from the president, the amendment failed in Congress by two votes. A year after the amendment was vetoed out of Congress, it was voted on again and passed by two-thirds of the
The Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Before the 1900s
The women's suffrage movement or what some people consider "1st wave feminism" originally began in the mid-1800s. In 1984, the revolutionary movement started. This movement's purpose was to give women the rights that they deserved and to make them equal to men. This movement's focus was on giving women the right to vote. It officially started at the Seneca Falls Convention. Three women were at the forefront of the movement at the beginning and those women were: Susan B Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Candy Stanton. Several other activists aided these three women in their fight for a women's right to vote. They lobbied and fought against a society that belittled women in every way.
Back in the day, in the early years of America, women weren't seen as equals to men. They weren't seen as human beings who deserved basic rights. Some examples of …show more content…
Around 1910, 17 more states did the same thing. With the new-found support, the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (which was later renamed, the Women's Political Union) started organizing and hosting parades, marches, and picket-lines. Around this time, another women-focused organization was founded, the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (which was later renamed, the National Women's Party)
When first elected in 1913, President Wilson did not support women's rights, but after much influence, in 1918, he switched his stance on the issue. After seeing the help and effort women put into World War 1, he introduced a new amendment that was targeted on giving women the voting rights they deserved. Despite the support from the president, the amendment failed in Congress by two votes. A year after the amendment was vetoed out of Congress, it was voted on again and passed by two-thirds of the