Women´s Suffrage In The 1800's

In early 1800s women were treated unequally from the males. The role of a women played the part of their description, physically and emotionally weak. They were often classified as the “weaker sex” because women had no control over anything they owned or valued. It was a time where men dominated women and they were left out of all decisions. “The average farmer’s wife is one of the most patient and overworked women of the time” (Hartman). However, women’s efforts during the 1800’s were effective in challenging traditional social, economical, and political attitudes about their role in society. Many of the problems women went through had lead to the beginning of women’s suffrage and the forming of many different movements. There was no such
They never really got to experience the outside world and attend social or political events. Women believed they should have equal rights as men do, so they began the women’s suffrage movement. However, many politicians were unwilling to listen to a disenfranchised group (Unknown). This movement began in the year 1848, when the first women’s abolitionist convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY. The credible aspects of these events happen to be held by the brave Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, and other women’s rights pioneers (Unknown). These women issued what became known as The Declaration of Sentiments document and it articulated the rights of women, listed types of discrimination women were facing, and offered solutions. It was the largest enfranchisement and extension of democratic rights in our nation’s history. At this time, it was obvious that women were weaker than men, and shouldn’t be allowed to vote. However, the conventions were held on a regular basis until the Civil War began. The debate was mainly over the women’s right to vote. For much of the 1850s they agitated against the denial of basic economic freedoms to women (History, Art…). Slaves were even allowed to vote before women got the right to vote. Mostly women thought this was unfair and began to protest for equality. These women felt incapable of changing the future and everything they had worked hard was owned by their husbands. Finally, in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment is adopted and the women of the U.S are finally enfranchised