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Women's Rights 1776-1920
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Declaration of Independance
While the Declaration of Indepndance was being made Abigail Adams sends a letter to her husband John Adams telling him to add "remember the ladies." -
Emma Willard
Emma Hart Willard opens the Troy Female Seminary in New York,the first school opened for girls. -
Sojourner Truth escapes slaverly.
Sojourner Truth escapes slavery and becomes a women's rights activst. -
Susan B. Anthony sparks the movement.
Susan B. Anthony asks for equal pay like men but gets denied sparking the suffrage movement. -
Seneca Falls Convention
A convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York to talk about women's rights and the Declaration of Sentiments is written . -
First National Women's Rights Convention
Worcester, Massachusetts holds the first National Women's Rights Convention. -
Ida B. Wells is born.
Ida B. Wells becomes both an African American activist for Women’s suffrage and a pioneer in helping women gain equal rights. -
Wyoming Allows Women to Vote
Wyoming gives women the right to vote. -
Sojourner Truth tries to vote.
Sojourner Truth tries to vote in Battle Creek, Michigan but gets turned away. -
Susan B. Anthony's Arrest
While trying to vote, Susan B. Anthony gets arrested along with many other women. -
Susan B. Anthony's Trial
Susan B. Anthony's is put under trial for illegally voting by the Indiana Supreme Court. -
The Anthony Admendment
The Anthony Admendment is created to help women but sparks even more problems because it gets turned down. -
Women's Suffrage in The Constitution of Wyoming
Women's suffrage is included in The Constitution of Wyoming. -
National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
The National American Women Suffrage Association is formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
"In This Our World"
"In This Our World" is a collection of poetry by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that raised the voices of the oppressed women during the Suffrage period. -
Susan B. Anthony's Death
Susan B. Anthony dies from heart disease and pneumonia of both lungs. -
The National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage (NAOWS)
The National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage is formed. -
"Julia France and Her Times"
A novel written by Gertrude Atherton representing the oppression on women during the early 1900’s by their husbands. Julia France is forced into marriage with a nasty and abusive man of reputation. -
Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913
Around five thousand women march on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C to fight for voting rights. -
Fanny Herself
"Fanny Herself " was written by Edna Ferber in order to empower and encourage women. The book revolves around the main character Fanny, an American-Jew who is attempting to make it big in the male-dominated world of commercial trade and business. -
World War I
Because men were fighting in the war, women got the opportunity to take postions they couldn't otherwise. -
White House Protest
Another protest is held but this time in front of the White House. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is created and gives women the right to vote.
