1869: Women Start Gaining Traction in the United States

Within the year of 1869, there were three historical events that took place as a part of the Women’s Suffrage Movement thus spreading Feminism. In May, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton created the National Women’s Suffrage Association, which later formed to the American Women’s Suffrage Association, whose mission is the advocate for voting rights for women to vote in the form of an amendment to the Constitution. In December, Wyoming becomes the first state to pass a Women’s Suffrage Law. One year later, women begin serving on juries in the territory. 

 

This act represents how strategic it was for women to start a revolution, gain traction to increase the numbers of the movement, and bounce ideas off each other at meetings to influence legislation. From the legislation, women gain the rights to let their voices be heard which integrates our First Amendment Rights- the right to free speech. Once these successful, driven, and determined women started gaining a sense of freedom… They were swayed to become more “hands on” in the government and serve as elected officials or government-oriented occupations.