The women’s suffrage movement is a movement to secure legal, economic, and social equality for women who are fighting to secure property rights and suffrage for women. It was insisted that men were superior to women although, this movement was directed for the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon this assumption. This essay will argue about what events lead to the success of women’s suffrage movement. Looking back into history about the women’s suffrage movement, it has shown that the freedom that women have today would not have been possible without the fight for equal rights during the hardships in the past. The launching of the women’s suffrage movement “began in 1848, when a woman's rights convention …show more content…
One unexplained feud was between a group of former allies including Lucy Stone, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe and Frederick Douglass. The feud was due to the fact that they believed it was ¨´the Negro's hour´ and female suffrage could wait¨ (A&E Television Networks). The allies were in opposition to the American Woman Suffrage Association which was campaigned by Stanton and Susan B. Anthony that excluded any suffrage amendment that would exclude women. Although, in favor of women, this rift ceased in 1890 when the two organizations merged to form the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. In addition, along the lines of gaining freedom for woman, Elizabeth Smith Miller debuted a knee-length skirt with full Turkish-style pantaloons that gathered at the ankles. Miller “urged other woman to shed their heavy, bulky hoop skirts in favor of the new style” (A&E Television Networks). These were called “bloomers” and made it easier for women to get through doorways and trains. Skirts quickly became so popular that it became synonymous with the women’s rights movement that eventually helped women claim the freedom to wear that they wanted to wear. Furthermore, another key piece that is forgotten about during this movement is the “Night of Terror.” Certainly, this one specific night helped galvanize public support of the suffrage …show more content…
For one thing, the woman’s suffrage movement opened many doors to the women of America and had effects on society socially, economically, and politically. In the social aspect, the suffrage movement created higher expectations for women. Many women were able to attend college and to train for professions including “male dominated professions like law, medicine, clergy and corporate” (Effect’s of the Women’s Suffrage Movement). These women fought long and hard to achieve equality and were finally allowed to secure their place in society. In the economic aspect, “since there was more educational opportunities for women it led more and more women to sense their potential for meaningful professional careers. Also women’s salaries increased… “ (Effect’s of the Women’s Suffrage Movement). Although it wasn’t increased to men's pay, it was still a huge success for women considering how it had been before. Lastly, the political aspect was put into play when the territorial legislature of Wyoming granted women the vote in 1869 and was the first permanent suffrage law in U.S. history. As this was happening, “the country’s involvement in World War I required the support of women” and it provided the suffragists to use their power in good terms. (Effect’s of the Women’s Suffrage Movement) As the U.S. entered the war, a woman suffrage amendment was submitted in the