1. The American Woman Suffrage Movement 1848-1920

2. Group of men and women gather in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848
In early 1800s, women involved in abolition (no slavery), temperance (no alcohol)
Group of men and women gather in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848
Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
Write Declaration of Sentiments

3. Women’s suffrage movement splits, but then unites in 1890
Before 1910
Women’s suffrage movement splits, but then unites in 1890
Two big strategies:
Try to win suffrage state-by-state
Try to pass a Constitutional Amendment (but this would need to be ratified by 36 states--or three-fourths)

5. (Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify and it passed by only 1 vote)
19th Amendment, 1920
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex….Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”
(Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify and it passed by only 1 vote)