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Are you passionate enough about any one issue to endure this treatment?. Introduction: Background. Occurred from the mid 19 th to 1920 . Focused on women gaining the right to vote .
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Are you passionate enough about any one issue to endure this treatment?
Introduction: Background • Occurred from the mid 19th to 1920. • Focused on women gaining the right to vote. • An 1865 disagreement lead the Suffrage Movement split into two groups: the groups disagreed on whether to support the passing of the 15th Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote.
Introduction: Background • The two groups: The National Woman Suffrage Associate (NWSA), founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, ANDThe American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), founded by Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe. • The AWSA focused on suffrage at the state level while the NWSA lobbied for suffrage at the national level.
Introduction: Background • Eventually, the two groups reunited in 1889 (NAWSA); after all, both groups were equally appalled at sexism.
Thesis • Examining the history of the American Suffrage Movement exposes the brave acts of dissidence that caused hundreds of women to endure unjust punishments; however, ultimately, their remarkable accomplishments improved the lives of all Americans.
Conclusion Stamp commemorating American Woman’s Suffrage • Today, Americans remember and celebrate the 19th and 20th c. suffragettes: their history is as remarkable as the obstacles they faced and the feats they accomplished.