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Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independance is signed which give people the right to vote based on owning property. Women could not own property. -
Women's Rights Revoked
Constitutional Convention places womens voting rights in the power of the state. Women in all states except New Jersey lose the right to vote. This picture is a painting of an Constitutional Convention meeting. -
New Jersey Revokes Right
New Jersey follows other states and revokes women's right to vote all together. This picture is here because voting wasn't allowed for women. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born. She will become one of the most influencial woman for the Women's Suffrage Movement. This is a picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot. -
Marriage Act
in 1839, Mississippi passed the Married Women's Property Act. This act allowed women to have more rights after they were married than is they were not. Anything that a woman had or inherited did not become the property of her husband but stayed solely hers. Elizabeth Cady Stanton pushed for this act. -
Women get Degrees
Oberlin College becomes the first coeducational college in the United States. In 1841 in granted the first academic degrees to three women. -
Women's Right Convention
This was the first Women's Right Convention held. It was held in Seneca Falls, New York. -
National Women's Suffrage Association Formed
Founded my Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, this was an organization dedicated to women's suffrage. Men could join but women controlled the leadership. This picture is of Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. -
Wyoming
Wyoming passes law that permits women to vote. -
Susan B. Anthony votes
Susan B. Anthony and a few other women attempt to vote. They are going to use the fourteenth amendment as justification. They are arrested. This is a picture of the cover of a trial book stating when the trial of Susan B. Anthony would be and also what she is being tried for. -
Hull House and The Nobel Peace Prize
Jane Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the founder of Hull House. Hull House was the first settlement house in the United States. This is a picture of the Hull House -
Marching
Women marched up 5th Avenue in New York demanding the right to vote. This is a picture of women's parade. -
Women's Suffrage platform
Teddy Roosevelt's progerssive party uses women's suffrage as a political plank. This is the first time that is ever done. This is a picture of Teddy Roosevelt. -
First woman elected to the House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a republican. One month later she voted against the U.S entry into World War One. -
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World War 1
World War one slows womens suffrage. Helps women prove a point that they should vote because they know what is important. -
The Nineteenth Amendment Passes!
The Nineteenth Amendment also know as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment is passed. The amendment grants women the right to vote. This is what Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and many other women fought for. This is a picture of women voting in New York.
