Women Suffrage

Paige Kramer
Lissa Rudisill
Brett Sherman

What is womans suffrage?

The right of women to vote and to stand for electoral
office
In 1776 Women had the right to vote on local elections
But in 1807 when African-Americans as well as women
voted in only some elections, suffrage in the state was
restricted to white men
Woman are full citizens and not just wives or mothers

1848
Seneca Falls, New York
First women's right convention was held with 2 hundred
women and 40 men
The group wanted full citizenship for all U.S. women,
rejecting Victorian domesticity and its separation of men's
and women's spheres
Ended with Declaration of Sentiments: the signing of a 12
set resolution document that set out the outline for the
womens suffrage movement

1869
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment- secured the rights of all citizens
under law to vote
Two groups were made because of complications with the amendments, for
not including without race, color, or previous servitude
May- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National
Woman Suffrage Association
November-Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell form the American Woman
Suffrage Association

National Woman's Suffrage Association

Founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Opposed the Fifteenth Amendment unless it included the vote for women

Men were able to join the organization; however, women controlled the
leadership of the group
Worked to secure women's rights through a federal constitutional
amendment

American Women's Suffrage Association

Supported the Fifteenth Amendment
Believed that the Fifteenth Amendment would less likely pass in Congress if
it included the vote for women
Believed success could be more easily achieved through state-by-state
campaigns

1890
The National Women Suffrage Association and the
American Women Suffrage Association merge to form
the National American Woman Suffrage Association
(NAWSA)
NAWSA waged state-by-state campaigns to obtain
voting rights for women

1893
Colorado is the first state to adopt the amendment to
grant women the right to vote

1896
the National Association of Colored Women is formed,
bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs
They were fighting for rights as women and as African
Americans
Utah and Idaho allowed women to vote

States that passed women voting law

1910-Washington State
1911-California
1912-Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona
1913-Alaska
1913-Illinois
1914-Montana and Nevada
1917-New York
1918-Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma

1919
The federal woman suffrage amendment is passed by the
House of Representatives and the Senate
Originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in
Congress in 1878
It is then sent to the states for ratification.

1920
After a 72 year battle

19th amendment was passed granting women the right

to vote