2. Two of the most infuental female figure in the woman's
suffrage
Elizabeth Cady Staton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 –
October 26, 1902) was an American social activist,
abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's
movement.
Stanton addressed a number of issues pertaining to
women beyond voting rights. Her concerns included
women's parental and custody rights, property rights,
employment and income rights, divorce laws, the
economic health of the family, and birth control. She
was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th-century
temperance movement.
3. Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 19, 1893) was a
prominent American abolitionist and suffragist, and a vocal
advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. Stone's
organizational activities for the cause of women's rights
yielded tangible gains in the difficult political environment of
the 19th century.
4. Fought for the rights of women
During the nineteenth century, women in the United States
organized and participated in a large number of reform
movements. Some women saw similarities in the social
status of women and slaves. So they fought for woman's
rights.
5. When the civil war between the North and the South ended
in 1865, the Fourteenth anf Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution adopted in 1868 and 1870 grated citizenship
and suffrage to blacks but no to women.
Feminists worked tirelessly to influence more and more
women to demand the right to vote. Nineteenth
Amendment finally granted women the right to vote.
6. Contents of the nineteenth amendment to the
constitution united states
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of sex. ”
7. Did you know ?
A women's suffrage bill was presented to
every Congress since 1878, but failed to
pass continuously
On January 9, 1918 President Woodrow
Wilson announced his support for the
amendment, But it still a debate. Although
women continue to struggle to get their
rights
Finally in 1920, the
Nineteenth Amendment
granted women the right to
vote
