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College Acceptance
Colleges such as Oberlin Colleges were starting admitting women as well as men -
Equal Rights
Delegates to Seneca Falls Convention, which was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women -
Fifteenth Amendment
Women are not satisfied with the fact that the Fifteenth Amendment granted African American men the right to vote, but not the women -
First Right to Vote
Women in the Wyoming territory were some of the first women in America to finally grab the right to vote -
Education
About 20% of all college students were women -
Testing the Law
In 1872 Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters staged a dramatic protest. The registered to vote, they voted in Rochester, NY, and two weeks later were arrested. -
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that even though women were citizens, citizenship did not give them the right to vote -
Organizations Merge
In 1890 the National Women Suffrage Association and American Women Suffrage Association merge and for the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) -
NACW
One of the largest organizations of African American women was founded, the National Association of Colored Women. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was ratified. It guaranteed women the right to vote