Susan B. Anthony And Stanton Challenge The Double Standards Of Women In The 1920s

The Roaring Twenties was a prime era for women. Because of the toils of many strong women, ideals were flipped on their head, to America’s benefit. In the late 1800’s, two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, quickly realized that women would not be able to share their political views unless given the right to vote. Because of the fact that women had basically no other societal roles besides housework, they were not respected during this time period.

In the years following the Civil War, the efforts toward women's suffrage progressed. Elisabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony had achieved several successes in changing the status of women. Many now held occupations, had independence from their husbands, and more were seeking further education. One such historical women is Harriot Stanton, daughter of Elisabeth Cady Stanton. Harriot entered the realm of women’s suffrage by convincing her mother and Anthony it was necessary to include details of both the National Women Suffrage Association and the rival American Woman Suffrage Association in their book, History of Women Suffrage.

(1500)A Primary Source Analysis of the Growing Power of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement Association (NASMA) in the Early 20th Century This primary source analysis will define the growing power of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement Association (NASMA) through the increasing organizational leadership of women leaders in the early 20th century. In the article, “The Call for the Fortieth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Movement” of 1908, Ann H. Shaw’s leadership of the NASMA defines the major change in public opinion on the subject of women’s suffrage, which was increasingly overcoming the patriarchal barriers to equality for women in the United States. During the late 1900s and into the 1910s,

Before 1848, America was a nation where women couldn't vote, own property, manage their own money, or file a divorce—a drastic difference from today. That's what the nation was like before Elizabeth Cady Stanton advanced the fight for women’s rights through her voice and writings. Stanton's speeches helped women gain civil and voting rights in the past, and continues to do so today. Stanton took it upon herself to work relentlessly toward a better tomorrow for women across the United States. Through her words, she impacted women’s history for the better.

During the period of 1900 to 1920, Progressive Era reforms included women’s determination for suffrage, labor restrictions, and the Square Deal as means of bringing about reform at a national level; however, there were limitations stopping each reformer from gaining the desired change. There were countless women’s organization in existence that embraced the reform, which lead to the efforts for change. The National Women's Suffrage Organization, the General Federation of Women’s Club, and National Women’s Party are just a few among them. Elizabeth Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and other activists formed these organizations that raised public awareness and lobbied the government to grant women the right to vote. (H)

Reforming the Government During the years 1890 to 1920, there was an era where a group of people called, “the Progressives,” identified many problems that they saw under their city at the time. The Progressives were a diverse group of people from every work of life for example journalists, democratic party, republican party, industries, and many others were Progressives. They agreed to use scientific principles in order to identify problems, offer solutions, and then in a rational way solve those problems. They believed that their reasoning of having these problems were because of the industrialization and organization , however, they were not completely wrong but not completely correct.

Women had to endure many negative attitudes towards them during the Women’s Suffrage Movement. For example, men thought that women should take care of the children. One man who thought this was Senator Leighton. He was always expecting his wife Emily Leighton to watch the children all day, everyday without a break for herself. They thought that the women were their little slaves while they went off to have a great day with their acquaintances.

The fight for women’s rights was not without good cause. Many saw the hypocrisies of allowing all men – even complete buffoons – the right to vote while educated ladies had no say on the ballot. Divorce laws prevent women from splitting from their spouse unless he agreed to do so. In addition, women could not own property or keep their own paychecks if they worked (see Document 1). These problems of hipocrasy were additionally highlighted when people began to see women doing the same exact work as men on farms and in other job areas (see Document 5).

Thousands of women have screamed at the top of their lungs, clawed at the patriarchy, and tirelessly fought for their rights as citizens of the United States of America. From the beginning of mankind, women have been labeled as inferior to men not only physically, but mentally and intellectually as well. Only in 1920 did women gain the right to voice their opinions in government elections while wealthy white men received the expected right since the creation of the United States. A pioneer in women’s suffrage, Susan B. Anthony publicly spoke out against this hypocrisy in a time when women were only seen as child bearers and household keepers. Using the United State’s very own Constitution and Declaration as ammunition, Anthony wrote countless

In the year of 1873, Susan B. Anthony had been arrested for casting an illegal vote at the last presidential election. This time period was known as the Women’s Rights Movement. Many women were beginning to acknowledge that they were treated unfairly by society’s standards against them, and had began to stand up for themselves and their fellow women. At this time, women were not allowed to vote. Most were stay-at-home mothers because men did not find them suitable for most jobs the men accommodated, and society discouraged them from even getting a real education.

Democratic Ideals Expansion DBQ Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The Common Good, Justice, and Equality. Diversity, Truth, and Patriotism. These words and phrases are considered core democratic values by the United States. The question of the matter is whether these democratic ideals were supposed to be expanded by reformers during the time of 1825-1850.

During her career, Stanton helped circulate and publicize petitions that secured a bill that granted married women property rights in 1848. Along with this, Stanton was the Founder and President of the National Woman's Suffrage Association (NWSA) which urged for women’s voting rights and after Stanton's lifetime, that goal was accomplished. Although Congress didn’t actually pass the 19th amendment until 1920, 18 years after Stanton’s death, she was recognized for her contributions to the movement. For instance, a 1948 US postage stamp featured Stanton, Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt and said “100 years of progress of women”, along with this, Stanton and other influential women in the women's rights movement are featured on a US 10$ bill. By acknowledging Stanton's work towards this goal in such a large way, we can tell how influential her work was and that without it, women’s suffrage may not have been achieved until much later.

In the early 20s, women’s role in politics, the workforce, and with themselves started to change. The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote, but surprisingly some women did not want to vote. The idea was that a woman should not concern herself with anything other than the home and that they should leave business and politics to the men. Because of this thought system voting remained a middle and upper class activity and so the working class was still unrepresented. Also, with the Jim Crow laws imposed by many Southern states barring them from the polls, the voices

After the Civil War, women were willing to gain the same rights and opportunities as men. The war gave women the chance to be independent, to live for themselves. Women’s anger, passion, and voice to protest about what they were feeling was the reason of making the ratification of the 19th amendment, which consisted of giving women the right to vote. One of the largest advancement of that era was the women’s movement for the suffrage, which gave them the reason to start earning

Suffrage and feminist movements brought significant changes for women. Influential suffragists such as Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women Suffrage Association, which opened doors for many women as they found suffrage to be the key to their independence and obtaining political and social rights (Sidlow and Henschen 106). The year 1920 marked a new beginning for women as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified allowing women the right to vote (Sidlow and Henschen 106). Feminist and Equal Rights movement pushed for the equal rights amendment, which would allow women to gain freedom and rights. However, the amendment never gained support and failed (Sidlow and Henschen 106) but the movement brought about many changes for the women such as within education.