Teresa Marie Kullman Walter Stiern Middle School Ms. Marshall 2009-2010 HSS 8.12

1. Women’s Rights Movement in the 1800’s Teresa Marie Kullman Walter Stiern Middle School Ms. Marshall 2009-2010 HSS 8.12

2. How it Began • Women started to speak up for equal rights in the late 1700s and early 1800s. • Women were involved in the abolition movement and decided to extend it to get women their rights as well. • New York passed a law stating women had the right to control their own personal property and real estate after marriage

3. First Convention • In 1848 Lucretia Mott andElizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. • At the convention they adopted a Declaration of Sentiments that said that women should have equal rights in education, voting, property, and more.

4. Leadership • Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote speeches, letters, petitions, and articles supporting women's rights. • Susan B. Anthony provided the motivation and organization talents to keep the movement expanding toward the goal. She traveled the country speaking Stanton’s speeches. • Mott provided support and wisdom to the movement. • Lucy Stone spoke in a way that mesmerized her listeners. • Together all of these people and so many more devoted their lives to get people’s attention and gain support

5. The Start of the Right to Vote • In 1869, Wyoming gave women the right to vote. • Anthony voted in the election of 1872 and was later arrested for illegal voting. • By 1896, Colorado and Idaho had allowed women the right to vote

6. Time For a New Generation • In 1890 the NWSA and the AWSA joined and became the NAWSA. • Stanton was president of the NAWSA until 1892 when Anthony took over until 1900. By this time Anthony, Stone, Stanton, and Mott had died. • A new generation was going to carry on the fight.

7. Power • Power was lost in the movement after the death of the first leaders. • Power was gained back when women factory workers joined in the early 1900s. • Women factory workers went on strike everywhere.

8. First Suffrage Parade • In 1910 Stanton’s daughter organized the first suffrage parade in New York. • Hundreds of women marched up Fifth Ave. • They wore yellow sashes that said “Votes For Women” on them. • They had these parades once a year.

9. The Fight for the Right to Vote • March of 1914, Senate voted 34 to 35 against the amendment to give women the right to vote. • The close loss gave them hope. • They picketed the White House, marched, gave speeches, and pressured the president.

10. VICTORY!!! • After many women were arrested; in November 1917 President Wilson ordered that the women be set free. • On August 26th, 1920 the 19th amendment was passed. • November of 1920 the women FINALLY got to vote LEGALLY!!! • By the 1920s, women could own and inherit property, keep their earnings, share custody of their children, attend colleges, and have careers.

11. Bibliography • Keller, Kristin. The Women Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920. Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2003. • Adams Colleen. Women’s Suffrage. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group Inc., 2003. • www.worldbook.com/womensrightsmovements