Women's Suffrage

By camrynwoodley2

  • Oberlin became the first college to accept women

  • Women start aksing for equal rights

    Elizabeth Stanton wrote a declaration for womens rights

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    THe first convention for womens rights
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    Education and Employment Opporitunities

    In the late 1800's more oppritunities were given to women

  • National Women's Suffrage Association

    An association was formed to give women the right to vote

  • Wyoming the first state to grant women the right to vote

  • 20% of women make up college students

  • Victoria Woodhull the first woman to run for president

  • Alberta Virginia Scott goes to Radcliffe

    Graduating from Radcliffe was a change for women in higher education

  • The National Association of Colored Women

    One of the largest organizations of African American women was formed to fight womens rights

  • The census

    By 1900 the census had 11,207 female artists
    2,193 female journalists

  • The federal Childrens Bureau opened

  • Acception to the Medical Association

    The American Association admitted women members in 1915

  • Congress created the 18th Amendments

  • The 18th Amendment was repealed