The Call for Suffrage
In the nineteenth century, the feminists called for voting rights by organizing campaigns for women’s suffrage. In 1897, The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies was a leadership of the suffragists who showed peaceful tactics to prove they could participate in politics. On the other hand, the suffragettes led a different organization known as the Women’s Social and Political Union that was led by Emmeline Pankhurst. They developed harsh tactics such as violence and hunger strikes. The Women’s Suffrage Movement opened many doors for women to develop a greater role socially, politically and economically. The Suffragettes explored women’s rights in the United States and led to new political encounters by allowing women the right to vote, receive educational opportunities, and enabled equal rights in the society.
In 1897, Millicent Fawcett found National Union of Women’s Societies. Fawcett believed in peaceful protest and felt that “any violence would persuade men that women could not be trusted the right to vote” (Treuman). The Suffrage leaders demanded for votes for women in the debate at…show more content… Back in the 1800s, women couldn’t participate outside of home. Socially, the “women’s role was to complete domestic needs and care for children” (“Effects…”). Most women worked at home doing household such as cleaning, cooking, caring for children and helping their husbands. The Declaration of Sentiments, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, stated, “He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education – all colleges being closed against her.” Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton organized petitions to support “The Married Women’s Property Act” and campaigned for “equal education” (Macdonald 39). The first women who fought for women’s rights were ignored. The Suffragettes who burned down buildings led to earning opportunities in education and