Woman Suffrage Movement Research Paper

The origin of the Women Suffrage movement in the United States was on July 19 through 20th, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. Many prominent women were involved in the movement, for example, Elizabeth C. Stanton & Lucretia Mott. During the early days of the woman suffrage movement, Stanton drafted a Declaration of sentiment, grievances, and resolutions that help push the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and how women are apart of that declaration. During the 1890's women became more involved in the country, volunteering, creating clubs, etc, that it helped support the spread of women suffrage. NAWSA was established in the 1890s and between the years of 1910 and 1914 began to increase their lobbying efforts and expand to other states. During the 1900s

Denmark, the USSR, Iceland soon granted their women the right to vote. Middle eastern countries gave their women the right to vote after World War II, however, there are still some countries who have yet to grant suffrage to their women. In Britain, the movement was similar to the United States because many American tactics came from Britain. The Woman Suffrage movement is a reform movement because this movement only tried to change a specific part of the social structure which was the role women had in the voice of the United States. In my opinion, the woman suffrage movement is on the decline stage because women have already gained the right to vote so this movement no longer is relevant to the lives of women today. One thing that caused the Woman Suffrage to come about was that women began to use literature to explain the lives of women in that era and to point out the limited rights they which included voting. Also during World War, I and II women began to take nontraditional jobs that usually belonged to men and because of this women believed they should have the same rights as men if they could do a man's