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Seneca Falls Convention
First suffrage convention for women. women split over voting of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments -
Wyoming
They convinced the state legislature to give women the right to vote. -
testing the fourteenth amendment.
1872 Susan B. Anthony and other women tried to vote over 150 times in the states and district of columbia. -
Supreme Court
Women were ruled citizens but still denied the right to vote. -
uniting of two goups
NAWSA was formed Anthony and Stanton then Stone and Howe were added (prominent leaders). -
Carrie Chapman Catt
She became president of NAWSA. -
Triangle Shirt Waist Factory.
The ranks grew when 146 workers mostly young women died in the fire and they pushed for reforms. -
Successor returns
Carrie Chapman Catt returned and focused on oragnizatin, close ties between local, state and national workers; wide bass of support, cautious lobbying and ladylike behavior. -
Congressional union
Lucy Paul organized a 24 hour picket of the White House, many women got arrested, jailed, and force fed when going on a hunger strike. -
Voting
Congress passed 19th amendment allowing women to vote.
