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The Women's Suffrage Movement began with Strong women like Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells,Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and it progressed on to women like Mary Church Terrell, Ella Baker, Angela Davis and many more. “Davis became a political prisoner. National and international protests to Free Angela were mobilized around the world. During the two years that she spent in prison, Davis used some of the time to read, to write essays on injustices, and to prepare as co-counsel for her own defense. Eventually, Davis was released on bail in 1972 and later acquitted of all criminal charges at her jury trial.” All of these women played very important roles contributing to the growing progress and effort to end the African American Women's Suffrage. African American women during the Suffrage Movement were strong women. They were discriminated against, abused, and raped by white Southerners and Northerners, but yet they remained strong and persistent and that has been passed down from generation to generation. It is still carried on in African American families today. From the time she was taken away from Africa, to the slavery days, up to the early civil rights era, and till today, she has always possessed an unseen strength and persistence. "African American women, have been political activists for their entire history on the American continent but long denied the right to vote and hold office, have resorted to nontraditional politics." . It is this strength and persistence of African American women that helped to bring an end the Women's Suffrage Movement era.