How and why did womens suffrage start?
The women suffrage movement started in the 19th century. When the west of the united states was open and divided into vasts territories. The government assigned a territorial govener to the territory. A territory coudln’t become a state untill there was a government there and a population of at least 60’000. Well these places were empty, and back then womens suffrage was up to the state. So while in a territorial government state, the govenor would allow women to vote. This drove women west to settle these regions, and of course the men followed the women. With the influx of migraters, these western territories could become states. Women finaly got the vote in 1920.
