PROGRESSIVE ERA
By: Bryson Roper
Women's Suffrage
is the right to women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Limited voting rights were gained by women.
Top supporters of the Progressive Era
Jane Addams
Co-founder of the hull house.
Susan B. Anthony
Leader of the women's suffrage movement.
Ida B. Wells
Leader of the anti-lynching crusade
More about the women's suffrage movement
Set backs during the movement
There were a ton of set backs or blocks during the suffrage movement. One of the biggest problems they incountered was the women going to jail for protesting then getting force fed due to them doing a food strike.