What About the Ladies?

Description

This exhibit features the accomplishments and struggles of women seeking to secure their unalinable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness during the 19th and 20th centuries.   From the National Women's Rigths Convention in Seneca Falls to the National League of Women Voters in Cleveland, these women worked tirelessly to earn the rights they were entitled to in the Declaration of Independence. 

Credits

Diane Norris and Suzanne Gross

Sections

Unalienable Rights

Interactive Women's Rights Movement Map


View Parade of women voters in Cleveland, Ohio in a larger map

Women's Rights Movement

Ohio Women's Organizations

Women worked tirelessly to achieve their God-given rights throughout history.  Progressive reform began to take place in America during the early 1900s.  Many goals were pursued and movements of reform came to fruition during the first two decades of the 1900s including the enfranchisement of women, temperance, and the protection of working women and children.  Many women believed that these reforms could be achieved through the policital system with the election of sympathetic public officials and the passage of the appropriate legislation.