Women's Rights

  • NWSA was first created

    NWSA was first created
    Stanton and Anthony created the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which directed its efforts toward changing federal law and opposed the 15th Amendment because it excluded women.
  • The election of 1912

    The election of 1912
    The election of 1912 put the suffrage movement to national attention.The outcome of this event was that 1.3 million women of voting age in the six states had the same rights and opportunities as the men
  • Freedom

    Freedom
    On August 26,1920 they finally ratified the 19th amendment and women across the country voted in their first national election.
  • Alice Paul

    Alice Paul
    Alice Paul and the national women protest proposed equal rights in which the amendment stated,"equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged by the u.s or by any state on account of sex.The amendment was soon passed.
  • Life Today

    Life Today
    In today's world women in the u.s are allowed to vote and have the same rights as men and we should thank our people of the past
  • National women protest

    National women protest
    By 1918 women could vote in 12 states and they held the national women protest.As a result 200 women were arrested for blocking the sidewalk