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The Women's Struggle
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The First Women's Rights Convention
It was held in Seneca Falls, New York. While they were there signed a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" that outlined the issues and goals of the movement. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment gave rights to all men that they can not be deprived of. It neglected to include women. 14th Amendment 14th Amendment Controversy Watch until 8:34 -
National Woman Suffrage Association Forms
The group was helped organzied by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was formed to gain an amendemnt that would allow women the right to vote -
15th Amendment
"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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The National American Suffrage Association Forms
This is when two rival Women's Rights groups form on the single idea of winning women the right to vote. -
Muller v. Oregon
The Supreme Court upheld that the maximum women could work in one day was Consistuational protecting them from employeers that who other wise force them to work longer hours. Muller v. Oregon -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Almost 150 women workers died in New York due to a fire. The building had no fire escapes and the workers either burned or jumped to their deathes. Only after the incident was there stricter building codes and factory inspection acts. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 -
Women Win the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote and was passed by congress in 1919. the three quarters of the states that were needed to ratify the amendment had done so by 1920. 19th Amendment
