Women were not content with the fact that they did not have the right to vote. Women wanted to be equal to men. Women wanted to have a say in who is the president of our country. Women wanted to have a say in who is in Congress, and who the governor of their state is.
There were many leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. The most important leaders of the movement lead before 1880.
Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer and crusader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. …show more content…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked alongside Susan B. Anthony. Along with Lucretia Mott and several other women, They held the famous Seneca Falls Convention.
Alice Paul was also a suffragist. She was the leader of the most militant wing of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Alice Paul was combative and aggressive in support of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. On March 3, 1913, Alice Paul and several of her other colleagues coordinated an enormous parade in Washington D.C. Olympia Brown was the founder of the Federal Suffrage Association. The Federal Suffrage Association was created to campaign for Women’s Suffrage. In 1913 Olympia Brown was invited to join the National Woman's Party. In June of 1920, she marched her last demonstration at the Republican Convention in Chicago, at the age of 85.
In 1917, Alice Paul staged a seven-month picket outside of the white house. Olympia Brown was one of the 1,000 women who picketed outside of the white house. They picketed outside of the white house in the freezing rain and strong wind. Ten of the suffragist were thrown in …show more content…
The 19th Amendment makes it illegal for any citizen, of the United States, regardless of gender, to be denied the right to vote. The 15th Amendment made it illegal for any for the federal or state government to deny any United States citizen the right to vote. For some reason, this did not apply to women. Before the 19th Amendment, there were many states that allowed women full suffrage. Most of these states were western states. Other states allowed women limited suffrage, women could only vote in some elections. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in all elections in