Susan B Anthony Women's Rights Movement

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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, women became very active in political and social movements. Women played roles that shaped the future of the laws that prohibited women in many ways. Women’s suffrage and women’s role in prohibition are two ways in which women have shaped political and social moments in United States history. Women have never given up on fighting for rights, leading them to face many monetary and social consequences for trying to gain rights that they felt belonged to them. Along with gaining those rights, women have fought for destigmatizing women and consider themselves as equals to men. This view has been questioned since colonial times; however, no action was taken until almost a century later. …show more content…

One noted example is Susan B. Anthony for she is widely known for her efforts to make women’s equality a reality in the late nineteenth century. Susan B. Anthony had joined a meeting in New York City, which was an examination of the fifteenth amendment. The fourteenth amendment’s goal was to give African Americans equal rights while the fifteenth amendment’s was going to make sure that African Americans were allowed to vote. Susan and others wanted the amendment to ensure women would have the right to vote as well; those on the opposing side argued that, if gender was put into the amendment, no one would be open to accept it. The opposing side won and the amendment passed without the inclusion of gender. Despite that, Susan did not give up and she set out to look for other ways to win the suffrage movement and change the inequality (Naparsteck 6). With the help of an attorney by the name of Francis Minor, “who believed the 14th Amendment already granted women the right to vote,” Susan’s next plan was to: “Attempt to register, be denied, sue, and appeal all the way up the U.S. Supreme Court, [which Francis believed] would agree with him” (Naparsteck 6). Susan set forth the proposed plan after having thoughts about other possible alternatives. She went out to register to vote, but she was shockingly permitted and no one contradicted it. Next, she actually voted and was very surprised as she was sure it would not be allowed to happen. Such an act was a crime, but she acted and there were no forces stopping her so she went with it. In the end, she was arrested and incriminated and would have a trial to defend herself. Not only was she going to be tried but the registration inspectors would be as well since they should have prevented the crime from happening in the first place. Ultimately, Susan lost, but she became an important figure in the fight for women’s suffrage

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