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the seneca falls convention adopted a declaration of principles known as the declaration of independence
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granted voting rights to women ,but then denied that citizenshipautomatically conferred the right to vote.
first US state to extend suffrage for women -
supreme court ruled that women were citizens
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voided their latter right
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PURSUED OPPOSING POLOCIES
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organize womens suffrage party
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organize garment workers, and increased support for the vote among wage-earning women.
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(1) painstaking organization;(2) close ties between local, state, and national workers;(3) establishing a wide base of support; (4) cautious lobbying;and (5) gracious, ladylike behavior.
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-pressured federal government to pass a suffrage amendment
-Paul had organized her followers to mount a round-theclockpicket line around the White House -
-granted women right to vote
-women won final ratification august 1920
