Woman Suffrage Timeline

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    Lucretia Mott

    Woman's rights activist and ablitionist. Helped start Seneca Falls Convention.
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    Elizabeth Cady Station

    A sufferagist, tabolitionist, and a social activist, Elizabeth Cady Station was well-rouded. She started the Women's Loyal National Leauge in 1863 with Susan B. Anthony.
  • 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    This amendment was ratified and made it possible for all men to vote, but no women.
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    Susan B. Anthony

    Organized the Women's Loyal National Leauge with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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    Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth was born into slavery and grew up speaking Dutch. She later escaped salvery and became an activist for freedom and women.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    The first woman's rights convention in America. The event was led by Mott and Stanton.
  • America's First National Woman's Rights Convention

    Over 1000 people attended the event held in Worcester. This was put in to motion by Sarah H. Earle. This event lead to more people taking actions for woman's rights.
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    American Civil War

    The war slowed the women's rights campaign.
  • Abolitionism

    Slavery in the United States is abolished.
  • National Woman Suffrage Association

    National Woman Suffrage Association was formed due to a merger of two rival suffrage groups.
  • Wyoming Becomes part of the United States

    Wyoming was the first state to grant women's voting becase they wanted more women to live in Wyoming.
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    World War I

    With men away at war, women stepped in for men's jobs, proving women are capable of completing men's work.
  • 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution passed

    19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution passed, which is the amendment allowing women to vote.
  • 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Ratified

    19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, which is the amendment allowing women to vote.