The women’s suffrage movement started long before women were given the right to vote. Women such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott would not live to see their movement lead to a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. It took women serving in all capacities during World War I to get the public to see that women were equal to men and they deserve the right to vote. Finally, in 1920, the 19th amendment becomes law. Why did it take so long? Did it truly lead to equality between men and women? Are men and women considered equals today?
Poll:
Was suffrage and the 19th amendment important for women in the 1920’s?
- Yes, it was very important for women in the 1920’s and had a big impact on how women were treated then and today
- No, it was not very important for women in the 1920’s and did not have any impact on women or on how women were viewed then or today
Nathan Mahn 