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Seneca Falls
First meeting that talked about womans right to vote -
Wyoming
Voting rights were given to women in wyoming. -
Illegal voting
Susan B. Anthony voted at least 150 mtimes in ten states, to test if women could actually vote. -
supreme court decision
Ruled women were citizens, but denied that citizenship automatically conferred you the right to vote -
NASW
National American Woman Association, (NASW), Werelead by Susan B. Anthony. They protested for womans right to vote. -
Carrie chapman catt
Lobbied for womans suffrage. Led the rebirth of the national movement. Helped push womans suffrage. -
Trianlge Shirtwaist fire
Fire broke out in a factory in New York City. Killed approximately 146 woman. Started a rumble of effects such as having woman talk about low wages and horrible work conditions. Which, you could cay, was a cuase for womans suffrage. -
New NASWA
Led by Carrie Chapman Cat who had five essential goals for womens suffrage.
-painstaking organization
-close ties between local, state and national workers
-establishing a wide base of support
-Cautious lobbying
-lady-like behavior -
Radical tactics
Lucy Burns, andAlice Paul formed a radical organization to further womens suffrage. Attempted to pressure government into passing a suffrage amendment. They organized a round the clock picket around the white house . -
19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote. 72 yrs from the first time they demanded the right to vote at seneca fallls in 1848.