Background Info
The women's suffrage movement emerged in the United States at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. At this convention, the Declaration of Sentiments was drafted and signed by men and women alike. While arguably the fight for women's suffrage began before this convention, the convention serves as the first major event in the movement for suffrage specifically. At this time in history, the fight for suffrage was not the only movement women were involved in. Many women were also a part of the temperance movement, or the push to ban alcohol. In addition, many women, but not all, involved in the crusade for women's suffrage were also proponents of suffrage for African Americans as well. However, an issue arose not only in the movement but across the nation when a split occurred between those in favor of abolition as well as woman's suffrage, and those that only favored one issue. The push for woman's suffrage lasted around 70 years, but ultimately ended with a victory in the passage of the 19th Amendment (28).
This video provides an overarching view of the fight for women's suffrage in the United States. It was created as part of a series of "crash course" videos for US History by John Green. (27)