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College Admission
Oberlin College in Ohio began admitting women and men -
Equal Rights
Delegates to the historic Seneca Falls Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women -
15th Amendment
African American Men were given the right to vote but not women. Many suffragists were not satisfied with this ratification -
First Women Allowed to Vote
Women living in Wyoming Territory became the first American women to win the right to vote -
Higher Education
20% of college students were women -
Protest Vote
Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters registered to vote, and on Election Day they voted in New York. Two weeks later they were arrested -
Merge
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merged. They formed the National American Woman Suffrage Association -
NACW
The National Association of Colored Women, one of the largest organizations of African American Women, was founded -
18th Amendment
Congress proposed the eighteenth ammendment which prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of alcoholic beverages -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified guaranteeing women the right to vote