RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Suffragists
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Abolitionists
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Suffrage
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Housewives
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Detailed explanation-1: -These women became known as the suffragettes, and they were willing to take direct, militant action for the cause.
Detailed explanation-2: -A suffragist is a person who is in favor of women having the right to vote, especially in societies where women are not allowed to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.
Detailed explanation-4: -Women win a partial victory It had the added advantage of taking the heat out of the female suffrage movement. Yet more than half of women still did not have a say in electing their government. Moderate campaigning would continue until 1928 when women were finally granted the vote on equal terms to men.