The Renaissance of the American Women’s Suffrage

For a civilization to be achieved, it must begin with destruction from within. That is, for every societal reformation to be successful, mostly they are the intrinsic factors that contribute to this mission to see the light of day. The Renaissance by the American women to lobby for voting rights dates back to 1848. This movement was mainly spearheaded by civil activists, who were mostly women. They cited gender biases and negligence by American society and advocated for equality. The paper will mostly revolve around describing women’s suffrage in the united states, the social and political impediments that it suffered, and how it developed to achieve its success.

The revival started back in the early 18th century when those women who had developed political desires started recruiting civil activists with whom they shared the same dreams. The activists started spreading political training by educating women on the need to rise and counter the federal laws that were objecting to women’s participation in political decision-making.

The pioneers of this suffrage were led by human rights activist Susan B Anthony. She fought for the abolition of the slave trade. Most of the slaves were of the African race, and by being their messiah, she commanded a lot of influence across the population of Americans. Susan, together with others organizers, formed the first conference, which was held in Seneca falls in New York City back in the year 1948. This marked the rebirth of activism that would last almost a century to achieve its success. These activists understood that for women to get their chance to be represented in the house of representatives, they had to fight for women’s voting rights. In the early 1910s, there was a group of activists that felt there was laxity to the achievement of women’s suffrage formed a rival women’s congress union that later would flag bear itself as the National Woman’s Party. This union employed a vibrant and confronting style, such as marching and picketing, to create a sounding message to the administration of the then-democratic government led by President Woodrow Wilson. This aggressive approach was aimed at criticizing the government for knowing they were opposing a change of an idea whose time had come.

President Wilson bowed to the uprising, and by the year 1917, he argued to the house of Congress to move a bill of an amendment that would oversee changes in women’s right to participate in the voting process. The journey toward creating a self-fulfilling country with founding laws of women voting was beckoning clear and conspicuous. 1918 was another landmark for the struggle when the House of Representatives amended the law to allow women to vote in American states. But there was still a jerk since Congress did not follow suit. Congress cited that passing such legislation would open the valve that could allow women to join in the war. It is good to note that this was during the first world war that happened from 1914 to 1919. Women joining the war would expose the country to risk since they were the primary source of the labor force in the American economy. After the war, Congress passed the law that now allowed women to obtain a civil right to vote.

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