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Women's Suffrage Movement

Definition

The Women's Suffrage Movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the campaign was not easy.

Analogy

Think of it like a marathon race where runners are determined to reach the finish line. Despite numerous obstacles, falls, and discouragements along the way, they keep pushing forward until they cross that finish line - which in this case is winning the right to vote.

Related terms

19th Amendment: This is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted American women the right to vote.

Suffragettes: These were members of women's organizations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries which advocated for extending suffrage (the right to vote) to women.

Seneca Falls Convention: This was an early and influential women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848.