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Women's Suffrage
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1) Women become a greater political force
Women learned how to organize how to persuade other people, and how to publicize thier cause. Futhermore, participation in these movements taught women they had power to improve life for themselves. -
Oberin College - Ohio
In 1833, Oberlin college begin admitting women as well as men. -
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Women Job Oppurtunties Increase
Women worked as nurses, teachers, and also as bookkeepers, typists, secretaries, and shop clerks. -
National Woman Suffrage Association
The National Woman Suffrage Association is founded in 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton. They campianged for the right to vote in the form of a constitution amendement -
American Woman Suffrage Association
Henry Ward Beecher was president of the American Woman Suffrage Association founded in 1869, The American Suffrage Association was different from the National Woman Suffrage Association in the way that they wanted the ability to vote on a state-by-state basis. -
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Susan B. Anthony's Testimony
Susan B. Anthony testified in front of congress every year between 1869 and 1906 -
Women in Colllege
About 20 percent of all college students were women in 1870. -
Victoria Woodhull
The National Women Suffrage Association supports Victoria Woodhull the first women presidential canidate in 1872. -
Susan B. Anthony's Arrest
Susan B. Anthony attempted to vote as a political protest. She was arrested and the judge ruled her guilty and fined her $100. Anthony refused to pay the fine hoping for an appeal, but the judge did not imprison Anthony denying her the right to an appeal. -
Supreme Court Rules
The supreme court rules that women did not have the right to vote even though they were citizens. -
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Frances Willard
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was a women's political movement in favor of prohbition. It was run by Frances Willard from 1879 to 1898, Willard was a leader in making changes in prohibition and women's rights. -
National Association of Colored Women
National Association of Colored Women was founded in 1896. -
Women in College Increase
The number of women in college increased from 1870 by 1/3 in the year 1900. -
Women's in Jobs Increase
According to the U.S. Census, 11,207 female artists existed up from 412 in 1870, and 2,193 female journalists existed up from 35. -
Carry Nation
Carry Nation was a prohbition leader who smashed saloons with a bible in her hand in an attempt to stop the sale of alchol. She encouraged other women to join her. -
National Association of Colored Women Members
The organization included women such as Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Margaret Murray Washington and Harriet Tubman. The organization had more than 100,000 members in 1916. -
Prohbition Proposal
Congress proposes the eighteenth amendment which prohibited alchol manufacturing, sale and distribution. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Prohibited United States citizens to be denied the right to vote because of their gender. -
Eighteenth Amendment Repealed
The eighteenth amendment was so unpopular that it was repealed in 1933. -
The States Ratify Prohibition
In 1919, the states ratified the eighteenth amendment.