She knew that the radicalism that was exercised in the European suffrage movement was what the American suffrage movement needed in order to make any progress. When Alice was appointed as head of the Congressional Commitee for the National Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1912 she joined forces with Lucy Burns and Crystal Eastman to organize a monumental event in Washington, D.C. that would gain momentum for the Suffrage Movement. On March 3, 1913, Alice, Burns, Eastman and a large body of women participated in an extravagant parade during the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. The parade was led by Inez Milholland, an attractive lawyer socialite, who led the women up Pennsylvania Ave. adorned in Greek robe as she sat upon a white horse. As the women intended, the parade caught the attention of onlookers.
Leon B. Bacon, a niece of Susan B. Anthony, stated later in life that “because of Aunt Susan's love for women and perseverance in her cause, I have today the enjoyment of a great many more rights and privileges than my mother had.” When Aunt Susan herself was young, there were no such things as woman's rights; all the rights were masculine. Women were ruled by a government and a law in which she had no voice. If she felt herself wronged in any way she had no way of making the fact known before the law. It was an unheard of thing for a woman to speak in public. None of the colleges or universities admitted women students.
In 1905, one year before her death, she met president Roosevelt to lobby for an amendment for women’s voting rights. It wasn’t until after 14 years of her death, that the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. Anthony made a impact on the women’s right movement, even if she never saw the results of her work during her life. Anthony’s social change on the country comes from all the associations and book printings that she and Stanton created in hopes of the women’s right to vote. Their efforts along with the efforts of their organizations started the voting movement and put the idea into the minds of a country that otherwise would not have entertained the idea.
Hard Work Always Pays Off From the start of 1820 women have been wanted to be able to vote. From protest to being denied the right to vote , after 100 years of this ongoing struggle women were finally granted the right to vote because of the 19th amendment being ratified. Basically what the 19th amendment did was prohibit any U.S citizen to be denied the right to vote based on their sex. The nineteenth amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920. At the 1920’s party my group presented one of the main event of the 1920’s that has changed history ever since.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibited sex discrimination in employment. Today women continue to make progress. In fact in the last presidential election, Hilary Clinton tried to become the first woman president of the United States of
Alice Paul's effect on Woman's Rights Alice Paul, a pioneer of the women's suffrage movement, introduced more aggressive methods to the women's suffrage to help lead a successful campaign that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, Aided in the Equal Rights Amendment and gave women the right to vote in the United States. 1Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885, in Moorestown, New Jersey(1). Alice Paul's mother, Tacie, was a member of the Nation American Woman Suffrage Association. Alice would sometimes go with her mother when she was a young girl to attend suffrage meetings. This is where Alice primarily learned about the suffrage movement and formed her strong commitment to social justice.
The 1920’s was the decade for women’s advancement in Canada. More and more women were becoming socially active and coming together to create a stronger voice. They were becoming more independent and free despite of societal criticism. This decade made people change the perspective of women because of their exemplary achievements. The 1920s roared because the “roar” of “The Roaring Twenties” was defined by the development of women’s rights and prosperity that shaped the society of today.
Founding Mothers gave me information relating directly to my project. It was useful, very helpful, and my main resource. Westward Movement Secondary Sources: Lunardini, Christine.What Every American Should Know About Women's History.Holbrook, Massachusetts. Christine Lunardin Inc. 1994 This book showed me all the important events that happened in women history. It helped because it gave me the impression that women 's history was more than just a fight to vote.
Sexism survives in America today despite the many strides made for women over the past century. The women’s rights movement would spring up during the late twentieth century and about a century later feminism would also crop up in North America. Thanks to the efforts of Alice Paul and the Women Suffragette Movement women got the right to vote early in the century, but it would take the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to really see change. When Mary Tyler Moore threw her hat up in the air in Minneapolis on her sitcom, it represented a substantial change for women and as the theme song suggested women could, make it on their own. Prior to this time, women generally would grow up with the hope of marrying a man who had a good job and wealth
The only way to get around this was that if your forefathers had to right to vote before the civil war then you did. You would see this going on well into the 1900s women were finally given the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th amendment “ the right of citizens of the unites states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex”. As times passed by a progressive movement for voting rights were rising and climaxed with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The voting right act of 1965 was a national legislation in the unites states that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans. As time passed by the progress made seemed to please everybody, or the question Is that those who wanted to suppress the public just got sneakier.