The primary goal of the suffragist movement in the early 20th century was to secure the right to vote for women. Emerging from earlier women’s rights efforts, the movement gained momentum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, driven by the belief that women deserved equal participation in the democratic process. Suffragists organized protests, wrote persuasive literature, and lobbied government officials to advocate for voting rights. Key figures such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul led the fight, culminating in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women the right to vote in the United States.