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Seneca Falls Convention
first meeting for women to dicuse women voting rights. women at this meeting split on the 14th and 15th amendmernts -
wyoming
wyoming was the first state to let women vote. the women sued the state for the right to vote -
illegal voting
women attempted to vote 150 times in ten states.the supreme court ruled that women were citizrns but they still could not vote -
Supreme court decision
the Supreme court ruled that women were citizens but they were not allowed to vote -
NAWSA formed
the National American Women Suffrage Association was formed to win womens rights to vote and reform. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
was the successor of Susan B. Anthony as presidant of NAWSA -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory cought fire and 149 women. upper and middle- class entered the public sphere. -
New NAWSA Tactics
- painstacking organization
- close ties between workers 3.establishing a wide base of support
- cautius lobbying
- gracious lady like behavior
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More Radical tactics
lucy burns and alice paul formed the National Womans Party. They pressured the government to pass suffrage amendments -
19th Amendment
Congress passed the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote.
