Suffrage is the term that means a right to vote. In the 1800s, women around the world began to fight for the right to vote. Although most countries in the world today have the same voting laws for women and men, at the time that women began to fight for suffrage, there was a great deal of opposition to the idea. In England, Emmeline Pankhurst led the fight for women’s suffrage, while in the United States, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led protests and calls to action.
Taylor, Charles Jay, Artist. A squelcher for woman suffrage / C.J. Taylor. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, June 6. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012648727/>.
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