Women Suffrage( Women Rights Movement)

This weekend I read about women rights and came across a website called History, Arts and Archives wish startled me because it had so much information about  the Women Rights Movement from the beginning wish was 1848- 1920; I'm sure it started earlier then that. As I kept on reading it became more interesting to me.The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States, which predates Jeannette Rankin’s entry into Congress by nearly 70 years, grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. During the 19th century she emphasized broad spectrum of goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. "Women’s suffrage leaders, moreover, often disagreed about the tactics for and the emphasis (federal versus state) of their reform efforts. Ultimately, the suffrage movement provided political training for some of the early women pioneers in Congress, but its internal divisions foreshadowed the persistent disagreements among women in Congress and among women’s rights activists after the passage of the 19th Amendment" (history.house.gov).The first gathering devoted to women rights in America was held July 19-20 in Seneca Falls, New York. Susan B. Anthony played a huge role in woman suffrage as one of the suffrage leaders, In the 1920's banners were held symbolizing her quote which said, "No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex." Her quote was taken seriously to women all around the world. Susan B. Anthony a women activist believed all women should be treated the same as men; so creating the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which directed its efforts toward changing federal law and opposed the 15th Amendment because it excluded women. Woman Suffrage was a huge party of history; people should pay close attention to the leaders who put time in and were rejected and turned down just so women can have right. There has been many disputes over the years and more years to come which will continue the growth for women rights. In my opinion the (NWSA) may have been rejected but, it started a movement for us women today.

History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian,Women in Congress, 1917–2006. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848–1920,”