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The first Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote "The Declaration of Sentiments" creating the agenda of women's activism. -
The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. "Citizens" and "voters" are defined exclusively as male. -
Association founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton following the Civil War -
The Anti-Suffrage Party was founded. Many men and women were against women's suffrage. Some women were traditionalists and liked the way things were. Some argued women simply didn't have time to vote or keep up with politics. -
Anthony and 15 other women were charged with "wrongfully and unlawfully" voting in the 1872 presidential election. -
Three-quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. -
The National Archives, (1873, January 24). Indictment for Susan B. Anthony for illegal voting. DocsTeach. https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/anthony-indictment National Women’s History Museum. (n.d.). Woman suffrage timeline (1840-1920). History of U.S. Woman’s Suffrage. https://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920
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Women’s suffrage in the Progressive Era : Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 : U.S. history primary source timeline : classroom materials at the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/progressive-era-to-new-era-1900-1929/womens-suffrage-in-progressive-era/
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Lange, A. (2020, April 15). The unknown history of Seneca Falls. Evoke. https://www.evoke.org/articles/april-2020/deep-dives/unkown-history-seneca-falls-seminal-moment-womens-suffrage Bystrom, D., & Kedrowski, K. M. (2021, April 12). 19 facts about the 19th amendment: The City Club of Cleveland: April 12, 2021. 19 facts about the 19th Amendment | The City Club of Cleveland | April 12, 2021. https://www.cityclub.org/blog/2021/04/12/19-facts-about-the-19th-amendment
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Pruitt, S. (2021, February 2). American women’s suffrage came down to one man’s vote. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/american-womens-suffrage-19th-amendment-one-mans-vote