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As the 19th century continued women were finding more opportunties of higher education and employment and eventually became a greater political force.
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In 1900 a census counted 11207 female artisits, up fromo 412 in 1870, 2193 female journalists, up from 35 a few decades ago.
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In 1833, Oblerline College in Ohio opened its doors to women.
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The National Woman Suffrage Association compained for women's rights on a federal level while the American Womans Suffrage Association tried to fight it on a state to state level.
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During an election of 1872 Susan B. Anothey and her three sisters staged a dramatic protest by registering to vote and voted in Rochester, New York.
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The Woman's Chritian Temperance Union fought for women's rights and the Probition Movement. The Proabition is a movement that fought abouse the selling of alcohol.
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The National Association of Colored Women included some of the most prominent women within th African American community. This group campaigned against povery, segregation, and lynchings.
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The American Medical Association admits women as doctor for the first time in 1915.
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Congress ratified an act that porbited the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of alcholic beverages. This was know as the Eighteenth Amendment and repealed it in 1933 because of unpopularity.
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In 1920 the right for women to vote was alllowed.