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Module 7 Reflection: Women's Suffrage Movement
After reading "The Struggle for Women's Suffrage" first paragraph it's hard to not feel some form of excitement. It speaks about how the American women of the 19th century had the highest female literacy rate in the world. Things were looking positive and progressive for women during that time, but as the article goes on you can't help to think they were sold a dream with the American Revolution. Women were living a nightmare in my opinion. Women could not own property, make contracts, bring suits, or sit on juries. If women did any of these things there was a possibility that they could be legally beaten by their husbands and were required to submit to their husbands' sexual demands. Women have had to overcome laws and customs that discriminated on the basis of sex. Many different women took on the task of trying to fight for change over the years. Some of these women included: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. Cady and Stanton wan
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