As explained in the text, the woman suffrage movements experience many hardships and setbacks along its journey to gain women the right to vote. There were many contributing factors to why it would take 72 long years after groundbreaking progress, such as the 1848 Senica Falls Convention. For example, the two leading figures of the woman suffrage movement, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spent many years fighting for woman’s rights as well as the full emancipation of all slaves. However, after tirelessly collecting signatures on petitions, speaking out before hostile white mobs, campaigning, and lobbying, black men were granted the right to vote but not women. As a result, the women’s movement spilt, leaving radical and moderate…show more content… And, with a new vision and direction in mind, women like Carrie Chapman Catt and Harriot Stanton Blatch bridged the previous gap between “well-to-do” and working women. Furthermore, with a new image that represented a unified front that cut across class lines and used upbeat tactics, women’s right to vote finally became a reality. Although one could argue many reasons to why this movement took so long before coming to fruition, I believe that even though mistakes were made, the magnitude of this achievement cannot be discredited. Rather, it should be praised and acknowledged for its undeniable determination during a time in history that was far from easy, fair, or just. Unfortunately, nearly one-half of women do not even partake in this right that was fought for and won at the sake of so many courageous lives. However, it does not change the fact that the success of this movement forever changed the lives of women; having the right to vote gave women a voice, allowed freethinking and most importantly represented a society of true potential
