What Is Racism In The Women's Suffrage Movement

Racism in the Women’s Suffrage Movement The many women of the Women’s Suffrage movement were powerful leaders who were willing to fight the highest of authorities for what they believed in. During their fight they faced harsh criticism with many men telling them they didn’t belong in politics, they belonged in the house. However, they persevered, and through a large amount of speeches, marches, and other forms of protests which spanned nearly a century, they finally received their right to vote. Now, long after they’ve passed away, they’re facing criticism again. People are now calling these women hypocrites since they only fought for their right to vote and not everyone’s right to vote. However, these women knew who they were trying to appeal
In that question, she is implying that the American woman is superior to any man or woman who wishes to move to this nation. As wrong as this may be however, Stanton knew the audience she was speaking to. She knew what she had to say in order to get men’s attention and show them just how serious she was about this. Critics may now ask, “Was it really necessary to make anti-immigrant comments such as that to get her message across?” I believe that Stanton believed that it was. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing in order to get the right results. And yet, that is only one side of the controversy that surrounds Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the leaders of the Women’s Suffrage movement. The other, being that many critics today believe that many of the leaders of the movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, were in fact
She fought for the freedom of slaves, and for them to obtain equal rights. However, when the 15th Amendment was proposed, she was heavily against it. She believed in universal rights for all races and genders, and viewed the 15th Amendment as an attack on her movement. She was unwilling to pause her movement in order to support the black man’s fight in obtaining his suffrage. This leads to the next controversial quote from Stanton, which most find even more disturbing than the previous, “'We educated, virtuous white women are more worthy of the vote.' ... She talked about how much worse black men would be as voters than the white women about whom she was concerned…”(Ginzberg). This quote shows the true character of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She did not care about rights for all as she claimed. She only cared about rights for white women. Does this hurt her cause though? In modern times we would say yes, absolutely, she’s a crazy old racist who no one should listen to. Yet, in the 19th century, some would argue that that’s exactly what the old, racist white men in politics wanted to hear. She didn’t care who she offended, or how evil her words were, her goal was to obtain the right to vote for all white woman in the United States of America, and she was willing to do and say whatever it took to accomplish that