RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Vote
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Raise families
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Write letters
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first state to grant women the right to vote had been Wyoming, in 1869, followed by Utah in 1870, Colorado in 1893, Idaho in 1896, Washington in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon and Arizona in 1912, Montana in 1914, North Dakota, New York, and Rhode Island in 1917, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Michigan in 1918.
Detailed explanation-2: -They also weren’t allowed to vote. By the mid-1800s, women started to fight back, demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. These women were called suffragists.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1848 Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -College of Women established In the fall of 1935, the University of Dayton welcomed its first official class of women, or “coeds, ” as they were called, with the establishment of the College of Women. The original class consisted of 31 students, with Sister Marie St. Eleanor, S.N.D., appointed as the dean.