Suffrage
The suffrage movement, the struggle of the women for the right to vote, began in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. This convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who supported the Anti-Slavery movement at the time. Stanton met Susan B. Anthony during the process and the two formed the Woman’s National Loyal League to show support to the thirteenth amendment. When that was accomplished, they turned their eyes on women suffrage. Together, they formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and campaigned for women’s voting rights and against discrimination of women. Other women formed American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which was a less radical association, and focused on the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendment. In the end, they combined the two groups and formed the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890, who worked hard to achieve voting rights for women.
This image is a piece of propaganda used in both England and the US to inspire people to vote for women's suffrage. Based on the hunger strikes and the scientists' method for force-feeding the women, this poster argues that if women had a voice in government, they would not become victims and would be able to defend themselves, as well as remove the policy that was hurting them, because the men will not always vote in their best interest or represent them well.
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