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Women Become a Greater Politica Force
By the later 1800's women were getting more and more options for work, political involvment, and education. Most of the women gained thier political knowledge by participation in the prohibition movement. -
Women Get Higher Education
The Oberlin College in Ohio started accepting men and women into their schools. -
The Fiftennth Amendment
Made in 1868, this amendment gave the vote to African American men but not to women, It prohibited denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Formed by Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, compaigned for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. It was dealt with other issues that concerned women as well such as labor organizing. Unlike the AwSA which focused exclusively on winning the right to vote on a state-by-state basis. -
American Woman SUffrage Association
Founded in 1869 with Henry Wad Beecher as its president, it focused exclusively on winning the right to vote on a state-by-state basis. -
Education Reches a High Point
By 1870, 20% of all college students were women. -
Susan B. Anthony
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters voted on election day in Rochester, New York. Two weeks later she and here three sisters were arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a representative. She did this to test just how the law would react. At her trial she testified on her own behalf by giving many reasons that justice required that women be given the right to vote. The judge refused to allow Anthony to testify on her own behalf, ruled her guilty. -
National Association of Colored Women
Founded by African American women, it was made to give them their own reform organization as they weren't welcome to most organizations. It included Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an antilynching activist, Magaret Murray Washington, and Harriet Tubman, the famous conductor on the Underground Railraod. -
Job Opportunities
It was normall to see women working as teachers and nurses, the ttraditional "caring proessions", but few did work as bookeppers, typists, secretaries, and shop clerks; but as more and more women got educated businesses offered more jobs as artists, and journalists. By 1900 there were 11,207 female artists, and 2193 female fournalists. -
The Eighteenth Amendment
Passed by Congress, the eighteenth amendment prohibited the manucature, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. However, it proved unpopular and was repealed in 1933. -
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The Woman's Christain Temperance Union was a major group that lead a crusade against alcohol. This was one of the major way Women got more accepted into political movements. The prohibition movement was the ban on making, selling, and distributing alcoholic beverages. This was due to reformers believing that alcohol was responsible for crime, poverty, and violence.