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Women’s suffrage

Women’s suffrage. Seneca Falls Convention. 1848, NY Issues : equality @ work, school & church Demand the right to vote Key Players : Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott. National Women Suffrage Movement: NWSM. After Civil War (mid 1860s)

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Women’s suffrage

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  1. Women’s suffrage

  2. Seneca Falls Convention • 1848, NY • Issues: equality @ work, school & church • Demand the right to vote • Key Players: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

  3. National Women Suffrage Movement: NWSM • After Civil War (mid 1860s) • Campaigning for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote • Key Players: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

  4. Late 1800’s • 4 states in the west give women the right to vote • Wyoming, Utah, Colorado & Idaho • Women’s contributions in building the frontier are starting to become recognized

  5. New generation • Elizabeth Cady Stanton & S.B.Anthony die • New wave fights for suffrage state by state • Now Western & Midwestern states allow women to vote in state elections • Key player: Carrie Chapman Catt

  6. Radical nwsm • Avtivists for women’s suffrage meet with Woodrow Wilson, who is neutral about the concept…he does not back a constitutional amendment • Women are fed up & protest outside the White House & are arrested • Key Player: Alice Paul

  7. Finally wilson agrees • President Wilson agreed to support the suffrage movement • 1919: congress passes the 19th amendment (women & minorities can vote) • By 1920, 75% of states ratify amendment

  8. Women’s Suffrage

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