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1840-1975
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Seneca Falls Convention
Delegates go to the Convention lead by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.They issued a declaration calling for equal rights for women. -
First women Voter
A Women living in the Wyoming territory became the first American women to win the right to vote. -
Protest
Susan B Anothy and three or her sisters staged a dramatic protest.The registered to vote, and on Election Day they voted in Rochester ,New York -
Even Though...
Even though women were citizens the Supreme Court says citizenship did not give them the right to vote.It was up to the States to grant or withhold that right -
NAWSA
The National American Women Suffrage Association was founded by combining the National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Sufferegae Association -
NACW
The National Association for Colored women included some of the most prominent women in the African American community.People such as Ida B Wells Margret Murray Washingon and even Harriet Tubman.By 1916 they had over 100,00 members -
19th Ammendment
The 19th Amendment has ratified guaranteeing women the right to vote. -
Womens Equal Rights Amendment.
Congress approves the women's Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution,but it fails to win ratification by the required 38 states
