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Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's rights convention in which 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments. -
National Women's Rights Convention
A convention that took place in Worcester, Massacheusetts. This convention was created to see how many supporters would gather to participate. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida Bell Wells was a journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She also led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. -
National Women Suffrage Association
This association was created by Susan B. Anthony and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
American woman's suffrage association
Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell and many others formed the American Womans Suffrage Association. This specfic group focused on gaining votes for women , which focused through amendments to individual state constitutions. -
Women's Suffrage Law
The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. They soon begin serving in juries in Wyoming. -
NAWSA
The National Women Suffrage Assocaition mergeed with National American Woman Suffrage Association . This organization soon went mainstream , compaiging state-by-state voting for women's rights. -
Colorado
Colorado was the first state to adopt the amendment giving women the right to vote. -
The National Association of Colored Women
The NACW is formed to bring together African American women into clubs. The most known leaders in these clubs are Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrel, and Anna Julia Cooper. -
Carrie Nations (Kansas Cyclone)
Carrie's first husband died becasue of alchoholism. So she started going to bars with a hatchet/ ax and destroying them. -
The National Women's Trade Union
The Natonal Women's Trade Union League which was created to improve wages and working conditons for women. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This company was specialized in women's blouses and only had female workers. This was gender inequality because women were only allowed to work jobs like these. This factory caught on fire killing 146 workers and this arose awarness for safety in these factories. -
Congressional Union
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns from the Congressional Union worked on the federal amendment to give the right for women to vote. The group is later renamed The National Women's Party. Members of the group picketed the white house. -
State Ratification
The Woman suffrage amendment which was written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in 1878. The amendment passed by the House of Representatives and the senate, which was sent to states for ratification. -
Amendment To The Constitution
The 19th Amendment which grants the right for women to vote, is signed into law.
