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Women's Suffrage
A timeline of women's suffrage... -
1848
Seneca Falls Convention meets to campaign for women's rights. -
1850- 1890: Women ventured from working traditional "caretaker jobs" (teachers, nurses), into the business world
Women ventured from working traditional "caretaker jobs" (teachers, nurses), into the business world -
1869
The Wyoming Territory became the first to grant women the right to vote. -
1870
20% of all college students were female. -
1870
Utah Territory grant their women the right to vote. -
1872
Members from the National Women's Suffrage Association supported Victoria Woodhull, who was the first woman to attempt running for president. -
1875
The Supreme court stated that just because women were citizens of the United States didn't give them the right to vote. -
1879
Frances Willard headed the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). -
1833
Oberlin College, in Ohio, begin admitting women. -
1869
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Women's Suffrage Association. -
1900
More than one third of college students, across the nation, were women. -
1900
The census counted 11,207 female artists and 2,193 female journalists. -
1900
Carry Nation took her battle against alcohol to the extreme.
She, and a group of several other women began vandalizing bars, delivering angry speeches, and carrying out dramatic raids. -
1917
Congress proposed the 18th Amendment -
1919
Sates ratify the 18th Amendment. -
1920
Women finally win the right to vote. -
1933
The 18th Amendment proved to be so unpopular that it was terminated.