The Suffrage Movement in the United States Women vote today because of the woman suffrage movement, a courageous and persistent political campaign that lasted over 72 years, involved tens of thousands of women and men, and resulted in enfranchising one-half of the citizens of the United States. ...

The Revolutionary War brought much disruption to the lives of all women in New York. Many of these patriot women had to house the "Red-Coats", while others picked up a sword and joined the men in the fight for our country. Many of these women's "baby steps" towards freedom did not do any good, bec...

Abstract/IntroductionThe way in which women are seen today, in America, is very different from the way they were seen two hundred years ago. Back then women were not allowed to speak as often as they would have liked to. They were expected to be care-givers, have and raise children, and do househo...