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First College to Admit Women
Oberlin College in Ohio, began admitting women -
AWSA
The American Women Suffrage Association, unlike the NWSA, focused exclusively on winning the right to vote state-by-state basis. -
More Women are Becoming College Students
By 1870 about 20 percent of all college students were women -
Women Started Receiving More Job Opportunities
The census counted 11,207 female artists, up from 412 in 1870, and 2,193 female journalists, up from 35. -
NWSA
The National Women Suffrage Association campaigned for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. -
AWSA
The American Women Suffrage Association unlike the NWSA focused exclusively on winning the right to vote state-by-state basis. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony testified on behalf of women's suffrage. In 1872 she and three other women staged dramatic protests and registered to vote, and on election day they voted. They were arrested two weeks later for "Knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a representative to the Congress of the United States. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony testified on behalf of women's suffrage. In 1872 she and three other women staged dramatic protests and registered to vote, and on election day they voted. They were arrested two weeks later for "Knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a representative to the Congress of the United States. -
Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled that even though women were citizens, there citizenship didn't give them the right to vote and left it up to the states to grant or withhold that right -
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Key Prohibition Moments
Frances Willard headed the Women's Christian Temperance Union and made the WCTU and lead an organized crusade against alcohol -
NACW
The National Association of Colored Women was created because many African American women did not feel welcome in most reform organizations so the created their own. This organization included people such as Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Margaret Murray Washington of the Tuskegee Institute. By 1916 they had more than 100,000 members. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. It was so unpopular that the states ratified it and it soon got repealed in 1933