Suffrage means the right to vote, so the women's suffrage was allabout getting women the right to vote. read more
Thus, women began to focus more and more on their own status in America. When the women’s movement emerged, it, and one of its main goals, proved quite controversial. The possibility of women’s suffrage stirred fear in Victorian society. read more
Ultimately, the suffrage movement provided political training for some of the early women pioneers in Congress, but its internal divisions foreshadowed the persistent disagreements among women in Congress and among women’s rights activists after the passage of the 19th Amendment. read more