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Impacts Of The Women's Rights Movement

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1870 to 1920, in the gilded age on America, Women’s rights developed during this time. Lots of women participated in Women’s rights movement who are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, etc. These people devoted to Women’s rights movement, and they worked at the group together that the name is NAWSA, NWSA, and AWSA. Especially these groups have focused on the Women's right to vote, and Helen Keller has focused on advocating equality between women and men in the social, political, and economic. And after women’s rights movement also has influenced in women at the congress. The goal is analyzing what impacts did the women’s rights movement had in America from 1870 to 1920.
First, in the progressive era, the three groups which …show more content…

These women decided to extend their activities outside the home helped provided new momentum for the NWSA and the AWSA, and legitimize the suffrage movement. AWSA(American Woman's Suffrage Association) was a group that it established by Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone from Boston. Instead of changing the Constitution, the AWSA wanted to focus on revising the law. In the 1880s the AWSA was not advocated by women and men politicians, which mean they were not as popular as the NWSA. Both group’s leaders thought that combining both would have a greater impact. So in 1890, the two groups established the new women’s suffrage movement group NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association), seeking to use the newly discovered “constituency”. The NAWSA that Initially led by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton has begun to support women activists in a variety of organizations, including the National Consumers League, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the Women’s Trade Union …show more content…

The first state to grant women voting rights were Wyoming in 1893, next was Colorado in 1896, and Utah in 1896. Before 1910, Women voting rights were only granted these three states. The women who received this recognition began to look for various ways to attract attention, and they began public assembly. In 1908, ‘Ann Howard Shaw’ group presidents with the ‘Iowa Equal American Suffrage Association’ group’s Iowa had a demonstration on the street at Boone. Some women asked for a vote on the street and to diffuse their opinion. As NAWSA started work for suffrage movement, they continued to hold rallies to gain rights. The Women assigned NWSA supporters continuing across five states in Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona. Women show great progress towards women's rights through these movements, but they are still far away in all states until women have the right to vote. And then, a new party called the National Woman’s Party was established by Alice Paul. Through this group, Alice Paul wanted to revise the amendment to the US Constitution, which gives women’s rights to vote. They rallied in front of the White House to look good. Although lots of women arrested, but they constantly asked women's rights, and finally, Woodrow Wilson supported the women's suffrage in September

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