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How Women Gained Their Right to vote

How Women Gained Their Right to vote. By: Cameron Sanches And Evangelina Ortiz Period: 5. What was the 19 th amendment?. It was a difficult struggle to get the 19 th amendment running Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.

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How Women Gained Their Right to vote

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  1. How Women Gained Their Right to vote By: Cameron Sanches And Evangelina Ortiz Period: 5

  2. What was the 19th amendment? • It was a difficult struggle to get the 19th amendment running • Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 • 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. • Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution.

  3. National American Woman Suffrage Association • founded in 1869 and based in New York City • Was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton • the NAWSA gave priority to securing women the right to vote • The National American Woman Suffrage Association represented millions of women and was the parent organization of hundreds of smaller local and state groups.

  4. The Presidents of the NAWSA were: • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1890-1892 • Susan B. Anthony, 1892-1900 • Carrie Chapman Catt, 1900-1904 • Anna Howard Shaw, 1904-1915 • Carrie Chapman Catt, 1915-1947 • Caroline McCormick Slade '96, 1947-1951

  5. Carrie Chapman Catt • Was born In Wisconsin on January 9, 1859. • Was the chair man of the NAWSA • Soon became president of the NAWSA • Her ill husband caused her to resign in 1904 • But after he died she became president in 1915 • died on March 9, 1947.

  6. Alice paul • Born on January 11, 1885 • Dedicated to securing equal rights for all women • She was very wealthy but lived a simple life • broke she left the nawsain 1914 • created the Congressional Union • She died in 1977

  7. How the NaWsa ended • It ended on August 26, 1920 • Women got the full right to vote • It ended by the Senate passing the 19 Amendment

  8. The picture on the left is a picture of all the main women who were a part of the NAWSA • The picture on the right is a meeting or a walk that was happening • All these women made a difference on how women are treated

  9. Citation Page "19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women\'s Right to Vote." National Archives and Records Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2013. <http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=13&title.raw=19th%20Amendment%20to% "National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) (American political organization) -- Encyclopedia Britannica." Encyclopedia Britannica. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/405576/National-Woman-Suffrage-Association-NWSA>. "Carrie Chapman Catt." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. U.S. History In Context. Web. 2 Oct. 2013. "Alice Paul biography." Welcome to the Alice Paul Institute website. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2013. <http://www.alicepaul.org/alicepaul.htm>.

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