Women

The Fight for Women and Minorities

By Othomas9565

  • Many reformers blamed society's problems on the consumption of alcohol

  • Period: to

    Women's rights and minorities

    This timespan was when women and other minorities fought for equalty.
  • About 20% of college students were female

    About 20% of college students were female

  • Reformers from different backgrounds formed the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

    Reformers from different backgrounds formed the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

    This union was against alcohol, thus causing 1,000 saloons to shut down
  • The start of lynchings

    The start of lynchings

  • A women named Carry Nation because famous storming into saloons with a hatchet smashing liquor bottles

    A women named Carry Nation because famous storming into saloons with a hatchet smashing liquor bottles

    Carry Nation beleive dalcohol consumption was wrong.
  • Women in Wyoming gained the right to vote

    Women in Wyoming gained the right to vote

    Colorado,Idaho,and Utah soon followed
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

    This association promoted women's suffrage

  • The amount of college women increased

  • lice Paul founded what would become the National Women's Party (NWP)

    lice Paul founded what would become the National Women's Party (NWP)

    This association use dparades, public demonstrations, picketing, Hunger strikes, and picketing to draw attention to their cause.
  • The end of lynchings

    The end of lynchings

  • The 18th Amendment was formed

    The 18th Amendment was formed

    This amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
  • The 19th Amendment was passed

    The 19th Amendment was passed

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.
  • W.E.B. Du Bois founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP

    W.E.B. Du Bois founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP

  • The 21st Amendment was passed

    The 21st Amendment was passed

    This amendment ended prohibition.