Election Day, 1920, millions of American women headed to the voting centers to vote for the first time ever. This was arguably the biggest moment in the gender equality history. It wasn’t an easy road getting there. Even though many women before me did an extreme amount of work, we still have a long way to go.
Life before women’s suffrage was rough for women everywhere. Women were locked down in all components of life. Women back then were expected to stay at home and cook, take care of the children, and clean. Now women are running for president and saving lives.
In the early 1800s women's rights started to become a big topic. There were women's rights conventions. Women started to get better educational opportunities. The number of educated women greatly increased. The idea of women and men being equal finally came into sight.
Women began to wonder why they weren't allowed to vote in the late 1800’s. They started to be a part of the reform movements. This was a huge step
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We constantly see women leaders being able to do more work making compromises, more work on making sure that women’s point of views are represented.
This is why we need more people who are LGBT. We need the people who are under represented in the african american community and all sorts of minority communities for that exact reason. If we are putting everyone’s input for everything, over all everyone will be much happier. So that we can better understand our society when we are better represented more equally.
Women’s Suffrage and the nineteenth amendment was in my opinion was the biggest moment in gender equality history. It was almost impossible to reach women getting to vote. We have so much work to do so that men and women are treated equally but we are well on our way. I can not even imagine how those women felt after they voted for the first time