RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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In the early 1900’s, women own the right to vote in the three-fourths of the states.
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The National Woman Suffrage Association called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote.
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In 1917, women suffragists staged silent protests outside the White House.
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Delegates to the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention supported giving women the right to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1920, after more than a century of activism, women won the right the to vote with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. The House, led by Jeannette Rankin on Montana, had first passed the suffrage amendment in 1918. That bill died in the Senate, but in 1919 Congress quickly secured its passage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the 19th Amendment? The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.
Detailed explanation-4: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.