Women's Suffrage And The 19th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment was a huge part in American history. It was one of the first accomplishments for feminism and really got the ball rolling with women fighting for their rights. New American Citizens should learn about the 19th amendment and the suffragettes because it made a huge impact on feminism, was a large step for American women, and changed history forever.
The 19th amendment made a large impact on women and our history. This amendment says “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged buy the United States or by any State on account of sex”. Because of this amendment, women really made a place for …show more content…
themselves in the political world and that has led to many more achievements for feminism.
Although now it seems normal that we have the right to vote, there was a lot of effort put into making it happen. On July 19th 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York the suffragettes, led by Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott, had their first meeting. Although they met in 1848, the 19th amendment wasn’t passed until June 4, 1919, and furthermore, wasn’t ratified until August 18, 1920, 72 years later.
Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the two main women who organized the suffragettes.
Elizabeth was born in New York on November 12, 1815. She became interested in women’s rights and equality because her father had always given more attention to her brother. Because of that, in school she went for the things that men would usually be seen doing. Lucretia Mott was born January 3, 1793 in Massachusetts. Lucretia had always been a social rights activist and had always opposed slavery. She wanted to make a difference in the world and change it for the better. These two women met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, in June 1840 and automatically became friends.
Women’s suffrage was a very important movement that Americans should know about. It is important because it spurred the feminist movement. It was one of the first real accomplishments for feminism. Getting the right to vote was huge and a very important part in history for women. The 19th amendment guaranteed women that they couldn’t be denied the right to vote because of their sex and that happening, I feel, made a lot of women more aware that they can do the same things as men and that men are not above …show more content…
them.
So many women dedicated their lives to social justice and making women more equal to men and when the 19th amendment was ratified, sadly many of the women who had started the suffragettes were not alive to see their hard work pay off but there were still tons of women carrying it on. The suffragettes were the first real feminist group and was the first group to make such a huge accomplishment.
After 72 years of rallying and protesting, the suffragettes gained the right to vote for women but sadly, there still is a lot of sexism in this world.
Women have way more rights than they did back in the 1800s but are still not equal to men. White women are only paid 78 cents to every man’s dollar, and it is even less for women of color. But that, sadly, isn’t the worst of it. Recent studies have shown that 1 in every 3 women are sexually harassed in their lifetime. Furthermore, only about 15% of women who are sexually abused or harassed report it because most of the time, their abusers don’t get convicted and/or the women gets blamed for it, saying it was because of something she was wearing or because she was flirting. Those are just two examples of the way that sexism is still alive and well in today’s society. Feminism has come very far because of women like Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott but it definitely still has a very long way to go before women have all the rights that men
have.
New American Citizens should learn about the 19th amendment and women’s suffrage because it was a huge moment for American women. It made many women realize that they could do everything a man could do. It took a long time and many people, and it changed the course of history for women. Feminism has made so many achievements in just a short time because of such amazing driven people but it still has a long way to go.
The 19th amendment was a huge part in American history. It was one of the first accomplishments for feminism and really got the ball rolling with women fighting for their rights. New American Citizens should learn about the 19th amendment and the suffragettes because it made a huge impact on feminism, was a large step for American women, and changed history forever.
The 19th amendment made a large impact on women and our history. This amendment says “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged buy the United States or by any State on account of sex”. Because of this amendment, women really made a place for …show more content…
themselves in the political world and that has led to many more achievements for feminism.
Although now it seems normal that we have the right to vote, there was a lot of effort put into making it happen. On July 19th 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York the suffragettes, led by Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott, had their first meeting. Although they met in 1848, the 19th amendment wasn’t passed until June 4, 1919, and furthermore, wasn’t ratified until August 18, 1920, 72 years later.
Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the two main women who organized the suffragettes.
Elizabeth was born in New York on November 12, 1815. She became interested in women’s rights and equality because her father had always given more attention to her brother. Because of that, in school she went for the things that men would usually be seen doing. Lucretia Mott was born January 3, 1793 in Massachusetts. Lucretia had always been a social rights activist and had always opposed slavery. She wanted to make a difference in the world and change it for the better. These two women met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, in June 1840 and automatically became friends.
Women’s suffrage was a very important movement that Americans should know about. It is important because it spurred the feminist movement. It was one of the first real accomplishments for feminism. Getting the right to vote was huge and a very important part in history for women. The 19th amendment guaranteed women that they couldn’t be denied the right to vote because of their sex and that happening, I feel, made a lot of women more aware that they can do the same things as men and that men are not above …show more content…
them.
So many women dedicated their lives to social justice and making women more equal to men and when the 19th amendment was ratified, sadly many of the women who had started the suffragettes were not alive to see their hard work pay off but there were still tons of women carrying it on. The suffragettes were the first real feminist group and was the first group to make such a huge accomplishment.
After 72 years of rallying and protesting, the suffragettes gained the right to vote for women but sadly, there still is a lot of sexism in this world.
Women have way more rights than they did back in the 1800s but are still not equal to men. White women are only paid 78 cents to every man’s dollar, and it is even less for women of color. But that, sadly, isn’t the worst of it. Recent studies have shown that 1 in every 3 women are sexually harassed in their lifetime. Furthermore, only about 15% of women who are sexually abused or harassed report it because most of the time, their abusers don’t get convicted and/or the women gets blamed for it, saying it was because of something she was wearing or because she was flirting. Those are just two examples of the way that sexism is still alive and well in today’s society. Feminism has come very far because of women like Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott but it definitely still has a very long way to go before women have all the rights that men
have.
New American Citizens should learn about the 19th amendment and women’s suffrage because it was a huge moment for American women. It made many women realize that they could do everything a man could do. It took a long time and many people, and it changed the course of history for women. Feminism has made so many achievements in just a short time because of such amazing driven people but it still has a long way to go.