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Women Getting The Vote By: Maddie Women getting the vote influenced America today, because women and men did not have the same rights and women were not able to vote. Women were not able to vote because they had unequal terms. Today women have the right to vote. Congress passed a National Amendment and the State Legislatures passed a State Amendment. This gave the right to vote to black men, not women regardless of their race. Some of the 1.5 million women entered the workforce, some of the legislators wore red roses. The Supporters wore yellow roses and held a women’s rights convention on July 19 and 20, 1848. This all happened in different years. In 1848 the women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY. There they signed the Declaration of Sentiments, which explained how women were treated unequally. On August 18, 1920 and August 26, 1920 legislature members gathered in Nashville. This is where the seeds of the movement took root around the 1830’s.Women risked lives in the Civil War, but could not vote. This was unfair. Leaders were disappointed when women were not included in extension of former slaves. All of the women wanted equal rights. For years women were expected to do household chores and raise a family. The Industrial Revolution created many jobs for women. All of the women began to stand up for their rights, because they wanted the same rights as men. They started with a few women, and then it started to spread to women around the world. In 1893, Colorado was the 1st state to allow women to vote. Then Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, South Dakota and Oklahoma followed. In August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed granting women the right to vote. Two important leaders of the Women’s Rights Movement were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The first person that actually led it was Lydia Chapin Taft. In 1869, these women formed the National Women Suffrage Association whose goal was to achieve equal rights for women. In 1890 the National American Women Suffrage Association was formed.

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