How do you think you would feel your teacher told you that all of you worked hard today and she was going to give you an ice cream party? However, when she brought in the ice cream, she only let the students with blue eyes have ice cream. Would you feel differently now? Would you ask your teacher for ice cream if you had brown eyes? Would you complain to your mom and dad, your friends, or your principal? This is how women felt in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. They were told that they could not vote just because they were women. These same women worked and paid taxes just like men, but were not given all of the same rights. This made many women upset. These women began a movement to get equal rights to men. This movement was called the women’s suffrage movement. This movement played an important part in Americana’s history. So get ready to learn about how courageous women and men helped form a movement that still impacts America and the world today.
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