The Women’s Suffrage Movement and its Contribution to American Feminist Thought and The Women’s Liberation Movement Feminism in the Twentieth Century This museum exhibit will showcase the effects the Women’s Suffrage Movement had on society in the… Read more »
The Women’s Suffrage Movement had officially begun after the Seneca Falls Convention which occurred in 1848. As the movement gained popularity and publicity, more strides were made in furthering the… Read more »
This map was published in February of 1919, just a few short months before the nineteenth amendment was passed in congress in July of that same year. It shows the popularity of… Read more »
The ratification and passing of the Nineteenth Amendment was the ultimate goal of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. It was ratified on June 16, 1919, and officially certified on August 26,… Read more »
In a true piece of suffragette opposition, Mary Dean Adams wrote in 1909 her counter-arguments to the suffrage movement. Mary Dean Adams was a member of the New York State… Read more »
Jo Freeman, famed feminist and political scientist, referred to the era after the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment as the Doldrums for American feminism. This period, from roughly 1921 to… Read more »
After the Suffrage Movement’s successfully granted women the right to vote, many feminists’ shifted focus from the women’s political rights to other women’s rights issues of the time. Activists arose… Read more »
Rosie The Riveter- By Four Vagabonds. 1943 Americas involvement in World War II spanned from 1941 to 1945. During these years, enlisted men fought oversees, and work on the domestic… Read more »
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she shined a light on “a problem that has no name.” Following World War II and the 1950s, more and more… Read more »
Second Wave Feminism spanned from the early 60s to the late 70s. This movement for female liberation was comprised of activism for women’s sexual freedom, where women strived for accessible… Read more »
Activists like Gloria Steinem were among the leaders of the Women’s liberation movement during the period. She was able to rally like-minded feminist thinkers to band together in attempt to make a difference in the country. Rally’s were held across… Read more »
The Roe v. Wade decision was a monumental victory for women’s rights. In the 1960s and 1970s, America was extremely divided on its opinion of abortion, as it still is… Read more »
The debate over the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment was a highly visible spectacle. Millions of Americans were divided by the efforts of second wave feminists and their call… Read more »
The Women’s Suffrage Movement greatly impacted the lives of Women in America for generations after the fact. Without the Women’s Suffrage Movement to lay the foundation for later feminist movements,… Read more »
Primary Sources National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, and Susan B. Anthony Collection. Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Washington:… Read more »