The 1924 Election: Suffrage and Election Outcome

The first twenty years of the 1900’s woman fought for the right to vote. Suffrage rocked the masculine mystique that held women under the perception of the fair sex, which disabled them to make important decisions politically, which influenced American government. However, in 1920 that mystique was shattered when women were granted the right to vote and given a voice in shaping the nation. This new group of voters was now influencing the 1924 presidential, state, and local elections. Men in the United States held social perceptions of women that influenced the women’s suffrage movement and the election of 1924. Efforts were made to persuade women to vote and participate in democracy; however, political parties also reacted to these new potential voters concerning campaign strategies and tactics to keep women away from the polls. Despite this massive change for the voting rights of women, the election of 1924 was only slightly impacted by the wave to newly franchised women voters.
The history of the women’s suffrage movement goes farther back than the early 20th century social movements. The seeds of women suffrage were planted through the Seneca Falls convention in 1848. This convention organized by New York women in response to oppressive U.S. government that held women socially inferior. The women of the Seneca Falls convention raised many grievances against the United States government in a similar format as to how American patriots wrote the Declaration of Independence, (Sparacino, 2004). Suffrage was not the entire or main focus of the movement. Instead, the convention focused on a wide range of social injustice that they believed affected women. The document that held the grievances was known as the Declaration of Sentiments, and it was the first big step for American women to gain their social freedom. The convention at Seneca Falls gives a good starting point to the women’s suffrage movement, which lasted over 70 years until women’s voting

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