How The Women's Right Movement Changed Our Society

A moment in history that changed our society to what it is today was The Women's Right Movement, which began in 1848. At the time the U.S. was founded, it's female citizens didn't have many rights, especially compared to what the men had at the time. No women had the right to vote, married women couldn’t own property and had no legal claim to any money, even if they earned it. Women were also expected to focus on housework and motherhood, not politics or jobs.

One of the biggest rights women wanted and had to fight for was the right to vote, which men already had. We wanted our voices to be heard, to have our own opinion on things and we finally won that August 18th, 1920 when the 19th amendment was created in the constitution.In 1869, Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) with their eyes on a federal constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote. Wyoming entered the Union as the first state to grant women full voting rights. The next eight states to grant full suffrage to women were all western states, Colorado (1893); Utah and Idaho (1896); Washington (1910); California (1911); and Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona (1912).
The act was passed in 1848 in New York. It was copied in other states. Led by Elizabeth Stanton, Paulina Davis and Ernestine Rose, it was hailed as a triumph for females in America. In 1860 the law was expanded even more. This act is regarded as one of the most significant in the history of women’s property rights. In history, a woman's property has often, but not always, been under the control of her father or, if she was married, her