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Women's Suffrage
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Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's convention to discuss voting rights. Women were split over the 14th and 15th amendment. Some thought these amendments should include women. -
Women vote in Wyoming
Women sought to convince legislatures in allowing women to vote. -
Women Voting Illegally
Susan B. Anthony and others attempt to vote over 100 times in at least ten states. -
Supreme Court's Decision
The court decided that women were indeed citizens, but that citizenship did not in fact grant the right to vote. -
NAWSA
The National Women Suffrage Association unites with another movement to become the National American Women Suffrage Association. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
NAWSA's president who led the women's suffrage movement to victory in 1920. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Around 150 women were killed in a factory fire due to overwhelming safety problems. -
New NAWSA Tactics
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More Radical Tactics
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19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.