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Seneca Falls Convention
this was pretty much the first womens convention to discuss voting rights. Women were split over the 14th and 15th Ammendments. some thought these ammendments should include women. -
first strategy for suffrage
tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote. achieved victory in territory of Wyoming. -
Second Strategy for Suffrage (illegal voting)
Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question "werent women citizens too?", by attempting to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the district of columbia. -
illegal voting (cont.)
Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question "werent women citizens too?", by attempting to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the district of columbia. -
Supreme Court decision
supreme court ruled that women were most definitely citizens, but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
NAWSA formed
NWSA associated with another group becoming the National Womens Suffrage Association. leaders included Lucy stone and Julia Ward. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
presidency of Carrie Chapman Catt for the NAWSA. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Dangerous conditions, low wages, and long work hours led female workers to push for reform in the industry and ranks grew after 146 workers died in a fire in New York City. -
New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Chapman Catt concentrated on 5 tactics:
1. painstaking organization
2. close ties between local, state, and national workers
3. establishing a wide base of support
4. cautious lobbying
5. gracious, ladylike behavior -
More Radical Tactics
lucy burns and alice paul formed their own and more radical tactics which by 1917 Alice paul had organized her followers to mount a round-the-clock picket line around the white house. some were arrested, jailed and even force-fed when they attempted a hunger strike. -
19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote.
