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Oberlin College in Ohio began admitting women and men
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Delegates to the historic Seneca Falls Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women
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African American Men were given the right to vote but not women. Many suffragists were not satisfied with this ratification
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Women living in Wyoming Territory became the first American women to win the right to vote
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20% of college students were women
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Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters registered to vote, and on Election Day they voted in New York. Two weeks later they were arrested
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The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merged. They formed the National American Woman Suffrage Association
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The National Association of Colored Women, one of the largest organizations of African American Women, was founded
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Congress proposed the eighteenth ammendment which prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
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The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified guaranteeing women the right to vote