Women's Suffrage

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Since the unity of United States to present day, a variety of groups have been regarded with ignorant prejudice. Women have been constantly been treated as properties of their husband and never treated as equal to men in society. In addition, the men always had higher wages than the women in the same career. However the women did not submit to the will of society, they fought for their rights, improving the ideals of a modern woman. Along with the women were the African Americans that lost all right of a human and once again, they were properties of the free white men. At the termination of the Civil War the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment was ratified. Evidently, not much was changed despite the freedom of the African Americans, white men …show more content…
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1851, the two women officially started their collaboration to revolutionized the conditions of women in American society (Harper). Anthony and Stanton were both abolitionists as well, hoping to work side by side with leaders of abolitions and work to secure better conditions for both parties. Soon after the Civil War, the 14th and 15th Amendment was to be ratified, Stanton and Anthony attempted to enact the women’s suffrage through the new Amendments, but many of the abolitionist rejected the plan, believing that the suffrage for African-American men must occur first (Harper). With frustration both leaders opposed the 14th and the 15th, but they did not give up, in 1872 Stanton attempted to vote, thus she was arrested. However, due to her gender, Stanton was denied the right to testify and convicted of illegal voting, which resulted her being fined $100 that Stanton refused to pay. However, Lucy Stone disagreed with Stanton’s uncompromising views, leading to the rise of two different organizations in …show more content…
The goal of the women’s right movement was to not only secure their right to vote, but to also correct various social problems. In 1864, the women’s rights convention gained the support of male advocates of temperance and abolition (Kalambakal). Soon two distinct women’s right organizations emerged in the year of 1869, National Women’s Suffrage (NAWSA) led by Stanton and Anthony and the American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA) led by Lucy Stone. The group led by Stanton and Anthony was more radical compared to the group led by Lucy Stone. When the Civil War transpired, the Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the south, the National Women’s Loyal League was formed to gather signatures demanding the freedom of all slaves (Cullen-Dupont). At the termination of the war, the 14th and 15th Amendments were to be ratified, but Stanton and Anthony opposed as it had neglected to include the women’s suffrage (Cullen-Dupont). Despite being defeated, the women did not give up until they were able to achieve their