Woman's Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony

Dec 2, 1848

Said that "I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women." She was a major supporter of the woman suffrage movement.

Illegal Voting

Dec 2, 1871

Woman would illegaly vote in random states to test the theory that any citizen could vote, because women were considered citizens too.

Carry Naiton and the WCTU

Dec 2, 1874

WCTU stands for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Carry Nation was a member of the union who was known to walk into saloons and breaking bottles of booze with a hatchet she always carried.

NAWSA Formed

Dec 2, 1890

Stands for National American Women Suffrage Association. This association fought hard for woman's suffrage during the moveent.

Carrie Chapman Catt an New NAWSA Tactics

Dec 2, 1915

Susan B. Anthony's succesor as the president of the NAWSA.

19th amendment

Dec 2, 1919

Granted women the right to vote.