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Why did acampaign for women’s suffrage develop in the years after 1870?
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Why did a campaign for women's suffrage develop in the years after 1870? Prior to 1857, women had very few rights in the USA. If they were under 21 they were controlled by their fathers, and if they were married, by their husbands. Legally, women were completely under the influence of men. However as time progressed, women began to gain more Civil Rights due to several Bills being passed, for example, the Local Government Act gave women female property owners the right to vote in local elections, and in 1907 they women gained the right to sit as councillors . When these as well as other changes started to occur, women began to believe that further steps towards equal rights could be taken. In 1893, women in New Zealand were given the right to vote for the first time. This raised hopes in the America that the same could happen...
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