Five Aspects Of Women's Suffrage

22 Apr. 2013
Women Suffrage Women’s Suffrage started in 1848 and wasn’t considered over until 1920 when they 19th Amendment was passed by Congress; giving women the right to vote. However, there are still many people today that would disagree since in many cases women still aren’t equal to men. This paper will cover five aspects of Women Suffrage: the women of the movement, their views, the fight, support and troubles to victory, and the years after.
The Women of the Movement Throughout the movement almost every woman in the United States at one time or another played and active part. In the beginning, there were four main women; two of them are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who were unable to witness their victory
Elizabeth wasn’t just interested into gaining the right to vote for women but also divorce law liberation and the right to self-sovereignty. She was lucky enough to attend the Emma Willard’s Academy, the best female education of her time, but still regretted not having a college education. After her education, she went to visit her cousin but didn’t expect to fall in love with Henry B. Stanton who she would later marry. For their honeymoon they went to London to attend a World Antislavery Convention where Elizabeth met Lucretia Mott, a leading American female abolitionist. From then on, Elizabeth studied traditions of women’s rights with Lucretia. As time had passed Elizabeth and Lucretia went their separate ways, still professing their views and fighting on. Elizabeth then met Susan B. Anthony and the two quickly became lifelong friends.
They were calm and precise about their actions with no violence or protests in the beginning. Once Stone, Stanton, and Anthony had all passed, their cause hit its turning point. 60 years after Seneca Falls; the pace picked up. Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and many others soon “organized the Congressional Union, later known as the National Woman’s Party. The group’s goal was ratification of a suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution.” (Today). Paul organized the first ever picket line right in front of the White House for President Woodrow Wilson to see. She told the women that they were to be “silent sentinels,” no calling out demands to the President. (Bausum 39). “Pickets returned to their posts almost daily for the rest of the year…observing special occasions (such as Susan B. Anthony’s birthday) and celebrated themes…” in their picket signs (Bausum 39-40). At first, no one knew how to react to the pickets; Wilson even tipped his hat to the women as he passed and told the House guards to give them coffee if the women wanted it (Bausum