Women Suffrage

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Term Paper Title	Women Suffrage
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.25

Women suffrage

[Category]:

social issues

[Paper Title]:

Women's Suffrage

[Text]:

Women’s Suffrage...

Women of the early nineteenth century were considered to be

second-class citizens. Women were assumed to love and obey their

husbands, they were never to maintain a thought or express an

opinion. It was considered to be inappropriate if a woman were to

speak in public. After a women was married she didn’t have the right

to own property or sign a contract, and especially, she didn’t have the

right to vote.

Soon after, the idea of equivalency is what influenced the

Woman’s Suffrage Movement. Women in America decided that they

deserved more rights, including the privilege of voting. Women

started to become more educated. Then they began to participate in

reform parties. This increased involvement of women becoming more

familiar with politics. This resulted in women beginning to question

their voting inability.

In 1848, two activists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Luretia Mott,

organized the first women’s rights convention which was held in

Seneca Falls, New York. They discussed and established the

Declaration of Sentiments. This establishment stated women to have

equal rights in voting, education, and property.

Suffrage was the primary goal of that the women’s rights

movement wanted to produce. However, the movement leaders

sustained that gaining the privilege of voting, could additionally lead

to alternative rights also.

Reformers of the Women’s Suffrage Movement encounter a

powerful disagreement from others. The Majority of the people who

opposed the movement, believed women weren’t intelligent enough to

make a political decision.

When fifteenth Amendment was passed to the Constitution, it

enabled privilege of black men to vote, but still women were not

allowed to vote. This caused the Women’s Suffrage Movement to

expand and become more pronounced. In 1869, two national

organizations were assemb...

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