By : Carli & Hannah
1848 Seneca Falls, NY – The first women's rights convention took
place.
1852 – Susan B. Anthony joined the fight saying “The right women needed above every other was the
right of suffrage.”
1872 – Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting illegally in the
1872 election.
1878 – An amendment was proposed saying that “The right of
citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the U.S. or by any
state on account of sex.”
1900 – New states were being made, The new states allowed
women to vote.
1912 – Roosevelt and his party started to support women
suffrage.
1919 – the amendment was sent out for ratification, it almost failed because of Tennessee, but they came through. Women had won
the right to vote.
Site references
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/nineteentham.htm
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/history2.htm
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