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Apr 12, 2018 · April 12, 2018. Woman Suffrage Timeline. Only people who own land can vote. Even though she could not vote, Abigail Adams advocated for women’s rights through her writing. Other women did the same. Enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley’s popular 1773 book contested stereotypes that women and Africans had inferior intelligence to white men.
1869: The suffrage movement splits into the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. The NWSA is formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony after their accusing abolitionist and Republican supporters of emphasizing black civil rights at the expense of women's rights.
After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
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Timeline showing how the push for equal voting rights for women originated and grew in the United States and how the movement eventually came to fruition with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the U.S. Constitution, which ensured that American women are enfranchised on an equal basis with men.
Feb 26, 2015 · The women's rights movement splits into two factions as a result of disagreements over the Fourteenth and soon-to-be-passed Fifteenth Amendments. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the more radical, New York-based National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA).
Aug 14, 2020 · History books go into detail about the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment,” but what events pushed women’s suffrage to the forefront of American politics? In this timeline, we track the development of the American women’s suffrage movement.
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Jun 10, 2024 · August 18, 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing and protecting women's right to vote. This guide provides access to primary and secondary resources related to the women's suffrage moment.
