US Event - Women's Suffrage

Women's suffrage wasn't really brand new in the 1800's and 1900's, but it started to become a very big deal in America at the time. Europe had already had many attempts at rights for women, such as Olympe de Gouges' Declaration of the Rights of Women and some of the movements that came out of the Industrial Revolution, but in 1848 a convention was held (The Seneca Falls Convention) to demand more rights for women. The cause received even more attention and debate when black men got the vote in 1869 but women were still powerless.

This time period saw the rise of many famous ladies, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Julia Ward Howe. While the famous Nineteenth Ammendment wasn't put into action until 1920, many women still found ways to vote in other elections in their states, and to show that women should have a voice in their government.