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Susan B. Anthony
In 1848, african american men could vote, but women still coudn't. Susan B. Anthony said, "I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women." -
Illegal Voting
Women were getting arrested for voting illegally. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
The Women's Christian Temperance Union wanted all saloons to stop selling alcohol. They entered saloons singing and praying. -
NAWSA formed
American women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National Woman Suffrage Association. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tacicts
Carrie Chapman was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. -
19th Amendment
the 19th amendment gives every us citizen the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.