Discussion 7

The reading by E. Susan Barber gives a preview of major events that happened in the United States Suffrage Movement from 1776 to 1923. Her reading reveals a large and factual timeline of activist who fought women’s struggles for decades to win the right to vote. This timeline of Women’s Suffrage Movement ended after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1923 with the first proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment. Women continuously fought for their rights and equal involvement in society that proved their capabilities. Women raised the awareness of inequities and reached out to form international coalition with other women’s suffrage groups. As women lengthened their educational opportunities the more Women’s suffrage groups started to trend. E. Susan Barber provides real stories in the decades leading up to and following that day. One hundred years ago women’s voices and their consistent motions were seen and heard, and their opinions finally mattered. This opened equal opportunity and their priorities were able to be viewed by the world on a whole. This was a significant moment in history and how the nineteenth amendment shaped our political and social system.

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