The Women's Suffrage movement was a big part of history. Without The brave women who fought for suffrage in the past women would't be anywhere near where we are now, with a woman being so close to being the President of the United States. Suffrage did stem from the fight for the abolition of slavery. The women saw how African Americans wanted freedom for themselves, how they wanted to vote, own property and they were both movement that essentially brought power to the minorities and people who were being treated like minorities Some abolitionist even joined the movement like Frederick Douglas, William H Garrison,etc. Even thought the original women activists such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and prominent participants didn't get to see the change, change did eventually come and it was a good day for women worldwide.