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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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they wanted basic economic freedoms to women
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After Civil War all the rights women movements goes to the right to vote
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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.
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Thanks to the pressure, this is the first state to grant women complete voting rights
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California Senator Aaron Sargent introduced in Congress a women’s suffrage amendment.
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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.
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The AWSA was better funded and the larger of the two groups, but it had only a regional reach.
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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.
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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.
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followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote
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followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote
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followed shortly after NAWSA was founded. This state allowed women to vote
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This state allowed women to vote
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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)
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This state allowed women to vote
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The NAWSA intensified its lobbying efforts and additional states extended the franchise to women: Washington, California, Arisona, Kansas, Oregon,
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This state allowed women to vote
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This state allowed women to vote
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Jeanette Rankin was the First woman to serve in the National Legislature
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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.
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The 19th Amendment, providing full voting rights for women nationally, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.
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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.