The 19th amendment was established as a way for citizens to vote in elections and not be denied the right to vote based on their sex. This amendment didn’t just get passed overnight, years and years of creating organizations and protesting were put in place until this amendment got passed in 1920. Many organizations came together and broke apart, then reformed again. One example being the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) which was originally the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association and came together in 1890. The NAWSA was lead by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone and her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell. Together, they could get closer to winning women the …show more content…
The women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 and continued through the 1920’s when women gained right to vote. A suffragist is a person who is part of the suffrage movement and fought for women’s right to vote. Suffragists at this time included powerful and determined women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the most well known, Carrie Chapman Catt. They all lead an organization called the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Another person who was part of NAWSA as the chairperson was Alice Paul who left the organization in 1913 because she was impatient with how Carrie Chapman Catt was running everything. So, she took things into her own hands and formed the Congressional Union. The overall reason women won the right to vote in 1920 was because of Alice Paul who picketed in front of the white house for women’s right to vote and Carrie Chapman Catt who worked on a state level to grant women the right to vote and then later created the “Winning Plan.” Because of these two women and the help of others in and outside of the organization, women earned the right to vote in …show more content…
Her involvement in the women’s suffrage movement allowed her to carry out her vision, creating the “winning plan” which ultimately passes the 19th amendment that allowed women to vote. Carrie Chapman Catt was re-elected as the president of NAWSA, working her way through networks of state organizations. She did this as a way to pressure state legislators to pass laws giving women the right to vote. From 1907 to 1916, the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and affiliates won the vote in Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Illinois, and Alaska territory. And, in 1916, Catt hoped to quietly influence President Wilson to support the federal amendment by establishing a rapport with him. In 1916, the NAWSA held a convention, where Carrie Chapman Catt informed her council about what she called the “Winning Policy,” which was later changed to the “Winning Plan.” In the winning plan, Catt believed that the more states that allows women partial suffrage, would end up increasing the pressure to pass the 19th amendment. To get the 19th amendment, it would have to be submitted to congress and then ratified by the 36 needed states. To help get this passed, she assigned certain tasks to the 36 leaders who signed a secret document that pledged themselves to the goal. Carrie Chapman Catt told the people at the NAWSA convention, ““We should win...a few more states
Carrie was going to have to earn the support of Congress to get the amendment proposed. At this time there were only two states that allowed women to vote. Wyoming started to allow women to vote in 1890 and Colorado also allowed women to start voting in 1893. Besides those two states women had no rights towards voting until Carrie came around. It was known that most women activists followed the pacifist movement and disagreed on the United States entering WWI.
Due to the combined efforts of NAWSA and the NWP, they got the 19th Amendment ratified. The NWP, under the leadership of Alice Paul, boycotted the White House in order to convince Wilson and Congress to pass an amendment. The 19th Amendment was less significant for women’s suffrage in the 1920 election between Warren G. Harding and James M. Cox. There was a downfall in votes during this election because it ended a period of social reforms. (J)
The 19th amendment passed by Congress on June 4th, 1919 and it was finally ratified on August 18th 1920. The 19th amendment guaranteed, and still does to this day that all women have the right to vote. Beginning in the mid 19th century several generations of women suffered from inequality. In order for the amendment to become ratified, it took decades of
The 19th amendment was important because it granted women the right to vote, which was known as woman suffrage. It wasn’t until 1848 that the women’s movement for rights launched in Seneca Falls, NY. In order to get this, it took 70 years. On May 21,1919 U.S. representative James R. Mann, representative of Illinois and chairman of suffrage suggested a solution. It passed then 2 weeks later June 4 it was passed by the senate.
Women have always wanted equal rights and fought to gain equality. On August 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified into the Constitution. The 19th amendment stated that no one will be denied the right to vote based on your sex. This changed everything for the women in the US. Women everywhere started to work more and started to rely less on men.
The Congressional Union soon became the National Woman’s Party, and together with the NAWSA, they lobbied Congress for passage of the amendment. During the 1916 presidential election, the women campaigned vigorously against Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to support the women’s suffrage amendment. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns we not the only women suffrage advocate there were many. Rose Schneiderman was an advocate she released a statement saying “ Women in the laundries stand for 13 and 14 hours in the terrible steam and heat with their hands in hot starch. Surely these women wont lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in the box” (Doc 7).
Early, in Wilson’s administration, there was a politic debate over entering World War I and the repercussions that would linger. Woodrow Wilson influenced the way people thought about how the World War would benefit the United States and other countries. He imagined countries owning their own government and gaining independence. Additionally, Wilson believed it’s America’s job to promote free markets and political democracy. Wilsonism is the belief in Wilson’s strategy in open markets, petition for democracy, world freedom, and liberal internationalism.
During Progressive Era, there were many reforms that occurred, such as Child Labor Reform or Pure Food and Drug Act. Women Suffrage Movement was the last remarkable reform, and it was fighting about the right of women to vote, which was basically about women’s right movement. Many great leaders – Elizabeth Cad Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - formed the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Although those influential leaders faced hardship during this movement, they never gave up and kept trying their best. This movement was occurred in New York that has a huge impact on the whole United States.
During the war when the amendments were being put into place many women hoped that they would be granted the same right that were given to free slaves. Although it was a big step for African Americans. This then made the women’s movement have two separate parties one being the National Woman Suffrage Association and the other being American Women Suffrage Association. Both of these associations campaigned for women suffrage believing that it could only be acquired through a constitutional amendment and not just different states.
Carrie Chapman Catt, an effective advocate for women 's rights, utilizes Ethos and Logos effective to craft a persuasive argument for the suffrage of women. In Catt’s speech “Address to Congress on Women’s Rights,” she utilizes Logos to gain support for women’s rights. She creates a compelling argument through her concession, repetition, and historical facts to back up what she says. Catt uses concession effectively in her well planned speech. This is evidenced in the line “Gentlemen, we hereby petition you, our only designated representatives, to ...(fight for women’s suffrage)... and to use your influence to secure its ratification in your own state, in order that the women of our nation may be endowed with political freedom before the next
This was called The National American Women Suffrage Association, also known as NAWSA. The NAWSA was an association that was put together between two associations to become one big one. This was a start for all the women who wanted their right to vote to come together and earn it. They made the NAWSA alive and they wanted to keep it going so that it would help gain and attain their right to vote (“National”). The women did not want it to die.
During the Progressive Era, women began reforms to address social, political, and economic issues within society. Some addressed the issues with education, healthcare, and political corruption. Others worked to raise wages and improve work conditions. Among these (women) is Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement. Beginning her career as a national women’s rights activist in 1890, she was asked to address Congress about the proposed suffrage amendment shortly after two years.
Catt resumed her NAWSA presidency from 1915-1920 when the suffrage movement became a part of the US
This primary source is a political cartoon that was drawn in 1909 by E.W. Gustin. He named it “Election Day!” This cartoon was created to show men in America what would happen if they voted for women suffrage. Women suffrage went as far back as 1869 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her partner, Susan B. Anthony launched the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) demanding the vote for women. Suffragists won victories in Colorado in 1893, and Idaho in 1896.
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