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women`s Rights gathering
The first gathering devoted to women’s rights in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.
About 100 people attended the convention; two-thirds were women. Stanton drafted a “Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances, and Resolutions,” -
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The Women’s Rights Movement
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alliance between woman`s rigths activist
they wanted basic economic freedoms to women -
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Civil War
After Civil War all the rights women movements goes to the right to vote -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Stanton and Anthony created the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which directed its efforts toward changing federal law and opposed the 15th Amendment because it excluded women. At the federal level. -
Wyoming
Thanks to the pressure, this is the first state to grant women complete voting rights -
Women Suffrage
California Senator Aaron Sargent introduced in Congress a women’s suffrage amendment. -
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Women`s Organizations
the nation experienced a surge of volunteerism among middle-class women—activists in progressive causes, members of women’s clubs and professional societies, temperance advocates, and participants in local civic and charity organizations. -
American Woman Suffrage Association
The AWSA was better funded and the larger of the two groups, but it had only a regional reach. -
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the vote of women
In this decades, the NAWSA worked as a nonpartisan organization focused on gaining the vote in states, though managerial problems and a lack of coordination initially limited its success. -
the NAWSA
The determination of these women to expand their sphere of activities further outside the home helped legitimate the suffrage movement and provided new momentum for the NWSA and the AWSA. -
Colorado
followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote -
Idaho
followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote -
Utah
followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote -
Illinois
This state allowed women to vote -
Alice Paul
Alice Paul, a young Quaker activist who had experience in the English suffrage movement, formed the rival Congressional Union (later named the National Woman’s Party) -
Montana
This state allowed women to vote -
The NAWSA
The NAWSA intensified its lobbying efforts and additional states extended the franchise to women: Washington, California, Arisona, Kansas, Oregon, -
New York
This state allowed women to vote -
Arkansas
This state allowed women to vote -
Woman Member of Congress
Jeanette Rankin was the First woman to serve in the National Legislature -
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In the Congress
the House of Representatives initially passed a voting rights amendment, but the Senate did not follow suit before the end of the 65th Congress. It was not until after the war, however, that the measure finally cleared Congress with the House again voting its approval by a wide margin, and the Senate concurring on June 14, 1919. -
Tennessee
The 19th Amendment, providing full voting rights for women nationally, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. -
The Democratic National Committee
Emily N. Blair, a Missouri suffragist and the vice president of the Democratic National Committee observed: “Women were welcome to come in as workers but not as co-makers of the world. For all their numbers, they seldom rose to positions of responsibility or power.