The primary argument of suffragists was that they were being denied one of the most basic rights of Democracy. They were expected to live under laws which they could not vote for and pay taxes to a government which didn't represent them. Men were only half of the population but they were in charge of all of the decisions. Not only was it unfair, it went against the way God intended things to be. Women and men were different. To create a balanced society, they must both be allowed to have influence.

In 1848, women were treated as the property of men. They didn't have rights to property or to their children. It was legal for a man to beat his wife. They were taxed but denied representation in congress. Their sphere of influence was in the home. The Seneca Falls Declaration called for an increase in women's rights in these areas, as well as in education for women and the jobs availabl

It was after one of these meetings that Stanton met Susan B. Anthony. This meeting had a profound influence on the future of the women's movement. Together, Stanton and Anthony founded the National Women's Suffrage Association in 1869. This association was one of the central forces in the movement for women's suffrage.

In the 1914 elections, Paul and her followers went to the nine states where women could vote and campaigned against all Democrats. They saw the Democrats as responsible for stalling the amendment. Anna Howard Shaw, the leader of the NWSA, saw that as suicidal move and the party split. Paul's followers became the National Woman's Party. Only a few Democrats were defeated but Paul saw the campaign as a success and the amendment was sent to the floor for a vote. It was badly beaten, but that it had even been considered was seen as progress by the women.

At the start of the 20th century, the movement took a sharp turn. More women were working in offices, factories and other positions than ever before. Stanton's daughter, Harriet Blach, became a leader of the movement. She incorporated all kinds of women into it and developed new tactics. Women would go out into the streets to confront men directly and to give open-air speeches and they held suffrage parades. The NWSA didn't support Blach's tactics, calling them "unladylike".

This ruling turned the attention of the suffragists to individual states. In 1890, Wyoming entered the United States as the only state allowing women to vote.

e to them. It stated that women were morally obligated to resist their tyrannical and oppressive government. This unfair treatment wasn't only unjust, it went against God. The Declaration was not well received by much of the public but it set off a wave of women's rights meetings throughout the 1850's.

In 1872, a radical suffragists went to the polls to vote in an election. This was a federal offense, and Anthony was arrested. She was tried in a federal court. On the first day of her trial, the judge instructed the jury to find her guilty. Anthony was deemed incompetent to testify on her own behalf because she was a woman. Anthony was allowed to speak before her sentencing. She argued against the unfairness of her trial. She had been tried under a system which was established by men, interpreted by men and carried out by men. By refusing women the right to vote but forcing them to follow laws, they were being treated as subjects rather than citizens. During her speech, Anthony said her famous maxim,

Sojourner Truth was one of few African-Americans involved in the women's movement at the beginning. In a speech at a women's rights convention in Ohio, she argued that as a slave, she proved she was just as capable as a man to do hard physical labor, so why wouldn't sh

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