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Employment
Women used to work "caring professions," but their job opportunities started to grow in the late 1800's. Businesses such as newspapers and magazines started to hire women in order to cater to the interests of the growing consumer group. -
Women In College
Oberlin College started enrolling women. Before this time, women had very limited options for higher education. -
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Anti-Suffrage Arguments
Those who were against women's suffrage argued that the right to vote would interfere with house duties and could destroy families. Some also claimed that women were not educated enough to be competent voters. -
Testing The Law
Susan B. Anthony, a campaigner for women's suffrage tested the law by registering to vote alongside 3 of her sisters. They were eventually arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a Congress representitive. -
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that even though women are citizens, citizenship alone does not grant them the right to vote. The Supreme Court decided it was up to the states to either grant or withold that right. -
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Prohibition
Reformers believed that alcohol was responsible for crime poverty, and violence against women and children. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League led an organized crusade against alcohol. In Kansas, Carry Nation took a hatchet and a bible and smashed up saloons, urging other women to do the same. -
The AWSA and NWSA Merge.
The National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The leaders of the organization were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. -
The National Association of Colored Women
The NACW was founded in 1896. It had a handful of the most prominent women in the African American community. Their purpose was to campaign against poverty, segregation, and lynchings. Eventually, they expanded their campaigns to include temperance and women's suffrage. The organizations formed settlement houses, hospitals and schools. -
The NACW and NWSA
The NACW and NWSA both wanted to live in a world where everybody is equal. But, the NACW focused on more subjects. While the NWSA focused on women's suffrage, the NACW focused on poverty, segregation, lynchings, temperance and women's suffrage. -
The Eighteenth Amendment
The 18th amendment stated that the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages were prohibited. After being ratified in 1919, it was eventually repealed.