Woman's Suffrage
What It Is
What Began Woman's Suffrage?
1848: The first woman's rights convention was held in Sencea Falls, New York. It Lasted two days and after it was over 68 woman and 32 men signed a Declaration of Sentiments which set the agenda for the womb's rights movement.
National Woman Suffrage Association
1869: The National Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton with their primary goal being to achieve voting rights for woman.
Important People of Women's Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
1820-1906
Before she helped found the National Woman Suffrage Association, she worked for woman to get equal pay as teachers.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1815-1902
An orator and journalist, she strove for legal and political equality for woman before becoming president of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Lucy Stone
1818-1893
She was a leader of the women's rights movement and gave her first lecture on women's rights. She later founded the Woman's Journal which helped fuel the American Woman Suffrage Association.
Becoming A Law
In August of 1920 Congress added the 19th amendment which made women's rights a reality, endings women's suffrage and giving women the right to vote.