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Women's Rights In The 1920s

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Women’s Suffrage 1920’s Women were not born with the rights they have today, such as the right to vote, speak in public, access to equal education and so forth. However this did not prevent them from fighting for their rights. Women’s lives soon began to change as strong women leaders began to step up and make a move towards what they believed in. The 1920’s was a starting point for women to start living their lives differently than they had been doing before, due to gaining more freedom. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an influencer on gaining and working towards women’s rights. She was a huge part of the world’s first Women’s rights Convention in 1848. In 1863 she got together with Susan B. Anthony to form the Women’s National Loyal League. This led to the passage of working for women’s liberal divorce laws, which in the article the author states that, “she precipitated a heated debate among women’s rights advocates by urging women to leave unhappy marriages” (Elizabeth). Her determination later helped bring about the Nineteenth amendment which granted women the right to vote. During that time Cady Stanton had the best female education. This was seen as an advantage for her because very few women were able to further their education in college. Cady Stanton was known for her increasingly marginalized voice among women reformers in the …show more content…

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