Women's Rights in the United States The women's suffrage movement was successful in that it achieved its original goal of gaining the right to vote for women. This movement officially began in the United States in 1848 at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. They drafted 12 resolutions calling for the right to vote for women and general equal treatment of women. This historic conference created the primary goal of gaining the right to vote for women. The first national women's rights convention was held two years later, in 1850, in Worcester, Massachusetts. This convention hosted over 1,000 attendees and initiated an annual national convention. In May 1869, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women's Suffrage Association. This group focuses on achieving women's voting rights through a congressional amendment. In November of that year, another group was formed, the American Women's Suffrage Association, which also had the primary goal of gaining the right to vote, but wished to do so through amendments to individual state constitutions. The first state to establish a women's suffrage movement was the state of Wyoming. Women were allowed to serve on a jury starting in December 1870. In 1890, the first two women's suffrage groups joined together to form the National American Women's Suffrage Association, or NAWSA. They worked in every state to earn the right to vote for women. In 1893, Colorado was the first state to grant women the right to vote, followed by Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. dressed over the next 20 years or so. After finally achieving the primary goal of protecting women… halfway through the paper… until 1967, when women gained access to the same educational opportunities as white men. President Johnson's Executive Order 11375 made it illegal to discriminate against minorities and women when searching for prospective employees or students. Women's rights are constantly a topic of discussion in the media today, but the movement in the 1800s was much less noticeable than today, making it more effective. The main problem with women's rights today is the lack of child care for working mothers. In the past, women were expected to stay at home and take care of the children while the man went out and earned money for the house. No one batted an eye when men were never home to see their children, but when women started entering the workforce, it suddenly became unacceptable for them to not always be home with the children, making them bad mothers...