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 * __Women’s Suffrage__** Jaci Gordon, and Jordan Hampton

What is women’s suffrage?

The right of women to vote and participate in political parties is known as women’s suffrage. In 1890, the NAWSA was officially formed when two associations promoting women’s suffrage rights united to become a more powerful and effective association. The NWSA also referred to as the National Woman Suffrage Association combined forces with AWSA, which is referred to as the American Woman Suffrage Association. Rather than focusing on women’s rights to equality, NAWSA focused primarily on women’s suffrage rights. The NAWSA members such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, worked relentlessly to achieve women’s suffrage. Their success relied on their efficient work that lead them to victory. In order to earn their rights to suffrage, members of the NAWSA proposed an amendment to the congress. The accumulation of mass protests and campaigns to promote women’s suffrage rights led the proposed amendment to ratification. In 1920, the 19th amendment was officially part of the Constitution of the 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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” 51 years prior to the ratification of the 19th amendment, the 15th amendment was passed allowing black men the right to vote. The many women activists that fought for their rights of women’s suffrage such as Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, changed the lives of women across America during the 19th century.

What impact did women’s suffrage have on women’s movement?

The 19th amendment greatly impacted the lives of women during the 19th century. Although the amendment did not grant women their rights of equality, the amendment served as a stepping-stone for greater achievements that took place in the future. Men nor women expected the 19th amendment to be ratified, and that in itself created that much more value and respect for women across America. Regarding women across the world, more and more countries were becoming welcome to the idea of women’s equality. Women such as Elizabeth Cay Stanton, and Susan B, Anthony received utter respect on a national level from women across the world. The 19th amendment was only the beginning, for now women across the globe lived their lives with confidence and integrity. Their dreams of becoming a doctor, or a lawyer, or even an astronaut were now possible. Women did not take for granted their lives as mothers, and happily married wives, but now they believed in an even brighter future for themselves.