The Progressive Era took place from the 1880's to the 1910's and was known as a period of political reform across America. The Progressive Era started out with the idea of Progressivism, the support of social reform, that started out as a social movement from the people, which eventually grew so large, it became a political movement. The Progressive Era is also known as the Gilded Age, which referred to a series of movements to help improve multiple areas of life. The areas of life that eventually turned into movements were Labor Rights, Business Regulation, African American Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Environmental Conservation, and Changes in Corrupted Laws and Government Ways. For this explanation, I will be going more in depth about Women's Rights and how they fought for suffrage for years.

The 15th amendment to the Constitution granted the right for African American men the right to vote, which outraged many women, as they thought that men who've suffered for hundreds of years with bondage would be granted the right to vote before the American women. Two people, Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell, formed the American Woman Suffrage Association and their main belief was that pressuring the government was the route to go. While this Association was formed, another was made by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton, which was the National Woman Suffrage Association, which pressed for a constitutional amendment. This split affected how strong the suffrage movement would be for about 2 decades before Lucy Stone's daughter helped form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which was a combination of both previous Associations. The first state to grant full women's suffrage was Wyoming, while the other states didn't until around the 1890's. After years and years of fighting for this right, in the 1920's, the 19th Amendment became law for the whole country, and these voting rights for women ceased.