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Seneca Falls
Women spit over the 14 and 15th amendments, which granted equal rights including the right to vote to African- American men, but excluded women. -
Wyoming
Weren't women citizens, too? Susan B. Anthony and other women tested this question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the District of Columbia. -
Illegal Voting
Weren't women citizens, too? Susan B. Anthony and other women tested this question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the District of Columbia. -
Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court Decision ruled that women were citizens. Even though they declared them citizens they denied that citizenship automatically conffered the right to vote. -
NAWSA Formed
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stantonhad founded the National Women Sufferage Association. This group united with another group which became the National American Woman Sufferage Association. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
A member of the NAWSA for 4 years and resumed the presidency in 1915 -
Triagle Shirtwaist Fire
Dangerous condtions, low wages, and long hours led many female industrial workers to push for reforms. Their ranks grew after 146 workers, mostly young women died during the fire in the factory
