I thought it was very interesting to learn about the women’s suffrage movement in context of the civil war and civil rights. I found it very interesting that the two movements worked together up until the 15th amendment was passed. I can see why women would be upset that they were not given the right to vote when it gave all men the right to vote. I found it interesting that Douglas was working with the women’s suffrage movement until this point too.
I found it interesting that the 15th amendment caused a division within the women’s movement itself. With one group wanting to wait decades after the 15th amendment was passed to talk about a women’s right to vote and others wanting to be included in the 15th. I think that women should have been included in the 15th because they are equal to men.
Women were given the right to vote after WWI . Women were forced to take the position of men and were capable of doing their jobs. This showed women were equal to men and forced the nation to pay attention to the movement.
I agree with you, to a certain extent. The women did have the right to be upset that the men had the right to vote before they did, but they also shouldn’t have separated themselves from the other movement they began with taking into consideration that the knew that power can with numbers in protest.
Yes, they should have been included in the 15th amendment because they were equally able, but the separation in my opinion only halted the movement in total.
My Intro to WGSS class brought up the same information about the women’s suffrage movement happening alongside the abolitionist movement and I find this very interesting. It seems like at first women wanted to align themselves with the abolitionist movement when they thought it would improve their cause, but stopped when it seemed that more men would get rights and women would not. I was pretty disappointed to find out that women like Susan B. Anthony were racist.