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The National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed The National Woman's Suffrage Association on My 15,1869, in New York City. The primary goal of the organization was to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. The NWSA also advocated for easier divorce and an end to discrimination in employment and pay.
Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 21, Section 16.3
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Wyoming passes first Women's Suffrage Law.
Wyoming legislators passed a bill that is signed into law granting women the right to vote.This was motivated by interest in free publicity rather than commitment to gender equality. Wyoming led the nation with approving women's suffrage, but it was more for selfish reasons. Some voted for women's suffrage just to bolster voting blocks, while other men were motivated out of loneliness.
Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 21, Section 21.3
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American Woman Suffrage Association
The AWSA was founded by Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell in Boston, Massachusetts, in November of 1869. The AWSA was only concerned with obtaining the right to vote for woman, and did not campaign for other issues.
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The National American Woman's SuffrageAssociation (NAWSA)
The NWSA and the AWSA combined forces to form the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. NAWSA was founded in Washington D.C. and its primary focus was state to state campaigns to obtain women's rights to vote. Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 21, Section 21.3
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The National Association of Colored Women
The National Association of Colored Women's Club was founded in Washington, D.C in July of 1896, by Josephine St.Pierre Ruffin. The club was a merger of The National Federation of Afro-American Women, and the Women's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored Women's League of Washington, D.C. The association became and has remained a significant voice in national affairs.
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First U.S. Birth Control Clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In October 1916, Margaret Sanger opened America's first birth control clinic, in Brownsville, N.Y. Though the clinic was closed down 10 days later..Sanger would go on to found the American Birth Control League, which would evolve into Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in 1942. She was also the author of the book Family Limitation, the first book about family planning.
Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 21, Section 24.3
Sangerpapers.wordpress.com, (Accessed June 24,2017). -
The 19Th Amendment is Ratified
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 21, Section 24.3 U.S. Constitution, Amend XIX. -
First Woman Governor
On November 4, 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected Governor of Wyoming, and became the first woman Governor in the United States.
time.com/nellie-tayloe-ross/, (Accessed June 23,2017). “Inventory of the Nellie Tayloe Ross papers, 1880s-1998.” (Accessed June 25,2017).
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