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Pre-Women Movement
It's 1824 and the women have little to no rights. They can't vote. They have very little education and even fewer job opportunities. -
Oberlin accepts women
Oberlin accepts women into their college -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. Sadly, women were hoping they were included in that amendment but they weren't. They wouldn't get that right for around 60 more years. -
Anger leads to organization
The National/American Woman Suffrage Associations were made to fight for women to get the right to vote. But, their plans were a bit different. The NWSA wanted an amendment, while the AWSA wanted to win state by state. -
Rejoice! States allow women to vote
In 1869 Wyoming allowed women to vote. This is the first state to ever do something like this. Other states followed. -
More Women go to University
In 1870 about 20% of college students were women.
In 1900 it was up to 1/3 -
Susan B Anthony fights the law
Susan goes against the law. She signs up to vote and does. She's then sent to court and was arrested. Supreme Court determined that women may only vote if the state allows it. -
The Merge
The NWSA and AWSA and became the NAWSA. -
Women are Employed
By 1900, many women are beginning to get jobs. Women began working as artists and teachers. In the 1900 census, women artist increased from 412 in 1870 to 11,207 and with writers 35 in 1870 to 2,193 in 1900. -
Political Experience
There were many women in the prohibition movement. Carry Nation took charge for prohibition during this time. This is an example of how women can protest and win -
Political Experience II
Women first began campaigning for children rights. Lilian Wald opened the Federal Children's Bureau. This shows that women could protest and gain political experience. -
African Americans gained experience as well
Even with the discrimination, African American women still protested as much as white women. In 1916 the National Association of Colored Women had over 100,000 women in it. -
Some didn't make it
Sadly only one of the original protesters was able to ever vote. People like Stanton died before they could. But their deaths weren't in vain. -
All Women Can Vote
Finally, after 100 years women are finally allowed to vote. The amendment was passed in 1920 and women can vote and effectively put there hand into votings for more rights for women.