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1 Women’s Suffragist Movement

2 Important Leaders Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Paulina Wright Davis Clara Barton Dorothea Dix Sally Tompkins Amelia Jenks Bloomer

3 Susan B. Anthony She was a founder or cofounder of:
Daughters of Temperance Women’s Loyal League- 1863 National Woman Suffrage Association- 1869 Arrested for trying to vote in Rochester, NY- 1872

4 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Organized Seneca Falls Convention in NY 1848 President of National Woman Suffrage Association and then National American Women Suffrage Association Wrote Eighty Years and More and The Woman’s Bible

5 Paulina Wright Davis Opened up medical field to women
Founded Una the first women’s right paper- 1853 Wrote A History of the National Women's Rights Movement published in 1871

6 Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix & Sally Tompkins
Nurses during the Civil War Made nursing a respected job for women even after the war Sally Tompkins- given the rank of captain in the Confederate Army for her work

7 Amelia Jenks Bloomer She launched a new fashion (bloomers) which were designed by Elizabeth Smith Miller She founded and edited the Lily which was an influential women’s magazine Wrote about Iowa’s suffrage in History of Woman Suffrage ( )

8 Seneca Falls Convention- 1848
First Women’s Suffragist Convention Created Declaration of Sentiments Speaker- Lucretia Mott Lead to National Women’s Rights Convention in 1851 in Worchester, Massachusetts

9 Some Important Events 1844- Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (LFLRA) first labor union for women 1852- Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin 1859- rubber was successfully produced, now condoms were available for women and they no longer had to be burdened by motherhood 1874- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is founded by Annie Wittenmyer

10 Civil War Women got initiated into the workforce
500 government jobs for women Became nurses, impersonated soldiers, even spy missions Was beneficial to women’s self esteem and let them improve their organizational skills

11 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Women had fought to end slavery in hopes that it would lead to them getting the vote. 15th amendment didn’t include women getting to vote many were outraged

12 Women’s Gains More membership in Women’s Clubs
The right to vote in many states, Wyoming allowed indiscriminate vote in 1869 More independent, such as the “Gibson Girls”

13 Works Cited "Elizabeth Cady Stanton." Women's History - Comprehensive Women's History Research Guide. Web. 15 Feb < "File:ElizabethCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 18 Feb < Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant A History of the Republic Advanced Placement Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Print. "Leaders in U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement (Slideshow Page 1) - TeacherVision.com." Teacher Lesson Plans, Printables & Worksheets by Grade or Subject - TeacherVision.com. Web. 15 Feb < "NWHM Exhibit: A History of Women in Industry." National Women's History Museum. Web. 15 Feb < "Paulina Wright Davis Pictue." Women's History - Comprehensive Women's History Research Guide. Web. 18 Feb < Pearson. "Blank Maps." Blank Maps. Pearson, Web. 15 Feb <

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