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Why did a campaign 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? During the 19th century women were seen differently, through the eyes of the law, men and work. Most people believed that women should be passive 'ladies'; obedient to their husbands and should stay at home. Married women's property was owned by their husbands and so was their financial, political and social power. Women didn't have similar rights as men did during the 19th century and this had started to get more and more noticed, by women, towards the 20th century. Women were put into three types of class systems, working class being the lowest, middle class, being the intermediate and rich class being the highest. A woman's husband's class would determine which class she would belong to. Most working class women were noticeable if they had a tan. The reason being is that working class women would have...
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