Women In The 1800s-1900s
Could you imagine having to wait nearly 100 years to win a right you strongly believed in. Well women in the 1800s-1900s could imagine, they were denied access to vote even after they protested and fought for their right. Women demanded to be seen as full citizens of the United States. Even though women had to wait quite some time to get these rights, they still changed the course of history. I know it changed the course of history because it’s 2016 and women can vote.
Sojourner Truth strongly believed that women had the right to vote. She wasn’t only fighting for women to vote but for her own race to vote as well. She was the leader of the movement and inspired many women to stand up for what they believed in. It made many women furiated once the 15th Amendment was passed because it gave newly freed African American men the right to vote. Even though it outraged many women once the 15th Amendment passed it made the movement even more important to women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Susan B. Anthony in 1850 and became good friends with her because they both wanted women to have equal say as men. They fought together for women’s rights and traveled together around the country giving speeches, forming suffrage groups, etc. Elizabeth became even more involved with the movement once she met Susan because Susan was the leader of the movement. They both …show more content…
Until I realized that women in those times protested and fought because they didn’t think that men knew any better than they did. Men were telling them that they couldn’t vote because they didn’t have the knowledge because women didn’t have an education. Sojourner Truth once said that “If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?” She was saying that people might know as much as other people but wouldn’t it be mean if you didn’t share that information with
Sojourner Truth strongly believed that women had the right to vote. She wasn’t only fighting for women to vote but for her own race to vote as well. She was the leader of the movement and inspired many women to stand up for what they believed in. It made many women furiated once the 15th Amendment was passed because it gave newly freed African American men the right to vote. Even though it outraged many women once the 15th Amendment passed it made the movement even more important to women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Susan B. Anthony in 1850 and became good friends with her because they both wanted women to have equal say as men. They fought together for women’s rights and traveled together around the country giving speeches, forming suffrage groups, etc. Elizabeth became even more involved with the movement once she met Susan because Susan was the leader of the movement. They both …show more content…
Until I realized that women in those times protested and fought because they didn’t think that men knew any better than they did. Men were telling them that they couldn’t vote because they didn’t have the knowledge because women didn’t have an education. Sojourner Truth once said that “If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?” She was saying that people might know as much as other people but wouldn’t it be mean if you didn’t share that information with