Up until 1920, the right for women to vote was up in arms. Men didn't want women to vote because they saw women as the family care taker and they believed politics wasn't a problem that women needed to deal with. From 1848 to 1920, women fought back with Women's Suffrage Movements throughout the country. With continuous parades, speeches, and picketing attempts, the American Woman Suffrage Association proved to men that women can pull political weight. This led to the passing of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
When the thought of women being able to vote sprung up in 1848, There were not a lot of people backing the movement. With the help of Susan B. Anthony and over one million women around the country, the American Woman Suffrage Association was formed to be the leading organization in the fight for women's right to vote. The main way the AWSA spread the idea of women voting was through parades and speeches to the public. In the early years of the movement, a lot of the women's words went …show more content…
Using blatant signs, the women were seeking president Woodrow Wilson, and the rest of the country's attention. For the most part, whenever Wilson was confronted by the women, he just nodded his head in appreciation. The women who were picketing drew enormous crowned of men and women who gathered in the streets. This led to over 500 arrests and 168 imprisonments of the picketers: charged with obstruction of traffic. With their continued public events, the Women's Suffrage movement took off until the end of 1919, and through the early parts of 1920. On August 28, 1920, women's suffrage was achieved by congress passing the 19th amendment. The amendment granted American women the right to vote, which was a huge victory for women around the