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Seneca Falls Convention
Delegates led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women. -
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NWSA formed
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AWSA formed
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First woman presidential candidate
NWSA members supported Victoria Woodhull, who was the first woman to be a presidential candidate. -
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Unlawful voting
Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters registered to vote in Rochester, New York. Two weeks later, they were arrested for "knowlingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a representative to the Congress of the U.S. Anthony wasn't allowed to testify on her own behalf and was fined $100. She refused to pay the fine to force the judge to arrest her, but the judge himself refused to arrest her. -
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Supreme Court rules on legality of prohibiting women from voting
The Supreme Court ruled that, while women were citizens, the constitution did not grant them the right to vote. -
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Frances Willard leads the WCTU
Willard makes the WCTU a powerful force for temperance and for the rights of women. -
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NAWSA is formed
The NWSA and AWA emrge to form the NAWSA under Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
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Susan B Anthony leads NAWSA
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NACW is formed
The NACW is one of the largest organizations of African American women, and included some of the most prominent women in the AA community. -
Bar Room Smasher
Carrying a hatchet in one hand and a bible in the other, Carry Nation smashed up saloons in Kansas and urged others to do the same. She became a national figure in the temperance cause. -
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Susan B. Anthony dies
"Failure is impossible." -
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Women suffrage granted
Only one signer of the Seneca Falls Declaration, Charlotte Woodward, then age 92, lived to see suffrage granted. -
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18th amendment passed
Alcohol is banned