Womens Rights

In the 1840s women began to fight for their rights to vote. Women were always looked down upon and denied their rights. The kick off of the suffrage movement began at the Senica Falls Convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the declaration of sentiments, which was a different version of the declaration of independence. Susan B Anthony worked along side of Stanton, and together they formed the National American Women Suffrage Association, or the NAWSA. Another woman who fought for women’s rights was Alice Paul. Paul believed in a more militant way to fight for their rights. She formed the Congressional Union.

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