RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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Before the 20th century, women could not vote anywhere in the world
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The first American women voted after the 19th Amendment was passed
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Women from landowning families could vote in town meetings in parts of colonial America
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Women were given the right to vote before African Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Charter those who had the right to vote were white adult males owning land and property worth 50 shillings, who were of “sober conversation and quiet, peaceable behavior", were certified by the Town offi-cials and admitted by the General Assembly to freemen status.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1919, the suffrage movement had finally gained enough support, and Congress, grateful for women’s help during the war, passed the Nineteenth Amendment on June 5.
Detailed explanation-3: -Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a young mother from upstate New York, and the Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, about 300 people-most of whom were women-attended the Seneca Falls Convention to outline a direction for the women’s rights movement.