Suffagage

In early American History, most states had very limited rights concerning who could vote. Only men who owned property and paid taxes could vote. However, it eventually included all white men by the middle of the 19th century, even immigrants and illiterates. But what about women? Andrew Jackson stated, “I promise equal benefits for all Americans,” but when he said all Americans did he mean women? Apparently he did not.

On July 19th, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the first women’s rights convention. This convention signified the start of what is now called the “Perfect 36.” Some of the women that attended this constitution signed the “Declarations of Sentiments and Resolutions.” This declaration states matters and objectives that the wo

Beginning with Wyoming and other western states in 1890s, states slowly began granting the right of women to vote. Tennessee gave women their right in 1916. It wasn’t until 1920 that it became law and was added to the United States Constitution as the 19th amendment, effecting women throughout the United States for all future.

Sojourner Truth was an important force in the women’s suffrage movement. An ex-slave, she stated, “We’ll have our rights; see if we don’t; and you can’t stop us from them; see if you can. You may hiss as much as you like, but it’s coming.’” She was right.

Soon after this convention, suffragists were ridiculed because of their bizarre idea to try to achieve their goal of political freedom. Elizabeth Avery Meriwether, from Tennesse, was one of the first women to lead the fight for America’s approval to grant women their voting right. Meriwether struggled to persuade men as well as women to amend the constitution. Yet, she left Tennessee in 1883. Elizabeth Meriwether’s sister-in-law Lide Meriwether founded, and was the President of Tennessee’s first women’s suffrage organization in 1889. She resigned in 1900. A disappointing break in the continuous fight occurred for many years following Lide Meriwether’s resignation.

men wanted to accomplish. The Seneca Falls convention in 1848 helped more women become involved in the women’s suffrage movement. At the convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued, “Having decided to petition for a redress of grievances, the question is for what shall you first petition? For the exercise of your right to vote will secure all others, and the granting of

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