The IMPORTANCE OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

The year is 1825. It's a no brainer than your everyday woman is at home, cooking dinner while simultaneously taking care of her six kids. When her husband comes home, she does not understand a word of politics uttered out of his mouth, for she has no freedoms because of her sex.

Then comes the 1840s, which signaled the beginnings of women activists; cue Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. Gathered at the Seneca Falls Convention, a consensus was reached: women deserved equal rights as men.

After the establishment of the 14th and 15th amendment, most suffrage advocates firmly agreed to an amendment to the U.S. constitution.

And so came the 1900s, a time of political uprising for people of all genders, races, and ethnicities.

In the following subpages, we explore two court cases that made lasting changes in the political world and in the minds of Americans. For the first time, these “submissive, weak-minded females” spoke up for their constitutional rights.