Women first organized and collectively fought for suffrage at the national level in July of In the following decades, women marched, protested, lobbied, and even went to jail.
By the s, women pressured Congress to vote on an amendment that would recognize their suffrage rights. This amendment was sometimes known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment and became the 19th Amendment. The amendment reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Women involved in the robust abolitionist movement in the state found themselves criticized by male reformers for speaking in public and participating in other activities considered unwomanly. The Society sent Lucretia Mott as a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in to challenge the organizers' exclusion of women delegates.
Pennsylvanians Angelina and Sarah Grimke were among the first to write and speak on the cause of women's equality as early as The sisters moved to Pennsylvania after leaving their home state of South Carolina because of their opposition to slavery. After the Seneca Falls Convention, Pennsylvanians continued their involvement in the movement for women's rights, including the right to vote.
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society held one of the early women's rights conventions in A number of woman suffrage groups organized in the state and focused their attention on raising awareness of the suffrage cause. Carrie Burnham attempted to vote in After she was denied, she took her case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, arguing that voting was a right of citizenship.
