For Research 110

1. Research the struggle for women's suffrage, including the links between its  advocates and civil rights.

Many don't realize that the fight for women's suffrage had began far before the Civil War. It first began to surface in the 1820s an 30s. It began making national headlines in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, who were also abolitionist, held a women's rights meeting in Seneca Falls, New York. Many abolitionist/women's rights advocates attended. Unfortunately, the Civil War overshadowed their cause, but when it was over, it began again.
      The 13th and 14th amendment to the constitution, is what had inspired  women such as Susan B. Anthony to push harder for universal suffrage. The women began rallying, and protesting in order to get their points across.  Some even went to jail to support their cause.  Finally in August of 1920, all of their hard work paid off, and the 19th amendment was ratified.

Sources
http://www.history.com/topics/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage