Women's Suffrage
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US History [1]
Women’s Suffrage
Suffrage= Full suffrage the right to vote and run for office
The Beginning of the Movement
Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
• Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
• 250 women, 40 men
• Signed the Declaration of Sentiments
o Outline women’s oppression and demanded equality
After the Civil War different priorities were given to black men and women. In 1870, 15th Amendment passed with no mention of women
Fear contributed to the resistance
• Hysteria
o Make for a dangerous voter
• Intellectually inferior
o Incapable of using logic
• Would start competing with men and would become less feminine as a result
o Women more masculine and men more feminine
Transvestites
• Family structure would be destroyed