The 1950s and 1960s were recognized as the civil rights era. The civil rights movement was a widespread movement to ensure that minorities had equal access to the privileges and fundamental rights of U.S. citizens. The civil rights movement was a way to gain the right to vote, freedom of expression, and the right to speak for any individual in the United States. American groups such as women, African Americans, and Native Americans fought for individual rights in the civil rights movements. One of the civil rights groups in the United States were women. Women were fighting for their equal rights in the United States. These women-supported movements were recognized as women's suffrage. There were many women's suffrage groups in the United States. This was a movement supported by women for women's rights to be practiced as equal to any member of society in the United States. Women created many organizations in pursuit of the equal rights movement, these organizations were the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the National Woman's Party, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom etc. Ruth Hanna McCormick was a lobbyist at Spring Field, and she contributed to the movement for equal rights for women when the state legislature granted women the right to vote in 1913. Especially in the 1960s women were treated as machines. They were asked to work at home, take care of their children and husbands and, saddest of all, they were also given rules to follow on how to behave with their husbands. Women wanted to be equal to men. This movement continues to this day, even after Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919 and ratified it on August 18, 1920, which guaranteed all American women the right to vote, another law was the first bill law pr.. .... half of the document ...... groups fought for their civil rights using different methods such as protest, boycott of marches, etc. Some of these groups were African Americans on the issue of racial profiling, Native Americans on interracial adoptions, and women on equal rights. These three different groups were seen as minorities before they were granted civil rights, a right dedicated to helping achieve the equal rights of any individual in America. But this is not always the case, nowadays there are still problems that are not satisfied even after the acts granted. Works CitedCooper, Mary Ann. “Wage Gap for Women: Both Sides of the Story.” Hispanic perspectives in higher education. 13 January 2014: 14. SIRS Issues Researcher. Network. 08 April 2014.Schrotenboer, Brent. “Arrests of Black NFL Players Point to Profiling.” USA TODAY. November 29, 2013: A.1. SIRS problem researcher. Network. 08 April. 2014.