In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the American women's suffrage movement grew in strength until 'it can no longer be ignored. Throughout these fifty years, American women fought for the right to vote and ultimately achieved their goal. Perhaps the most valuable suffragettes were Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, who fought tirelessly for their cause. Their contributions to the movement helped garner the support they needed for women to be able to vote. The history of the women's suffrage movement was long, beginning in 1848. Although it was not until the late 1880s and early 1900s, the women's suffrage movement was close to his goal, even if it seemed far from it. By the 1880s, the two women's suffrage groups, the American's Women Suffrage Association and the Nation Women's Suffrage Association, were struggling to maintain support. By the late 1880s, both organizations had large numbers of female volunteers among middle-class women to extend their reach outside the home. (568) Taking advantage of this, in 1890 the NWSA and AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) with Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone as officers. That same year, Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote. (3)During World War I, NAWSA embraced the cause of war even though most were pacifists. Demands for labor were high during World War I, and most working-class women took jobs previously deemed unsuitable, such as factory work. However, once the war ended, many left their jobs so the soldiers returned to return. In 1917, Woodrow Wilson announced his support for the future Nineteenth Amendment. Wilson didn't like the idea of ​​women's suffrage... middle of paper ......rs. On October 20, 1917, Alice Paul was arrested for picketing and sentenced to six months in prison. In prison, she began a hunger strike. The guards eventually force-fed her, put her in solitary confinement, and eventually sent her to a psychiatric ward to be evaluated in order to end her strike and her leadership in the NWP . The psychiatrist concluded that she was of sound mind but obligated to do anything for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. The treatment of the suffragettes at the prison was made public and public support swung in their favor, even wanting the demonstrators to be released immediately. (5) Probably the most valuable suffragettes were Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. Their actions and strategies for gaining the right to vote were nearly opposites, but both women's approach to gaining the right to vote together contributed to the full realization of the Nineteenth Amendment..