What led to the Women's Suffrage Movement?Was the Woman's Suffrage Movement succesful in the 1800's - why or why not?

What's interesting to note is that Women's Suffrage started in Great Britain, and then the United States; the Abolition movement also followed this pattern (GB first, US second.)  Part of the reason these movements occurred was the Anglo-American philosophy of expanding freedom. This began with white male landowners, and over time expanded beyond race and sex. This, in tandem with the Industrial Revolution (again GB first, US second) raised the standard of living, which improved health care so that women could become a political force -- they were no longer relegated to making babies and dying in the process. By being able to move beyond the domestic sphere, women, for the first time in history, could be heard politically. So industrialization, abolition, and medicine all contributed to women being able to have a political voice.