August 18, 1920 : 19th Amendment passed

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• 19th Century : Women became more interested in finding their own suffrages

- Society constantly criticized

women for thinking they

should do things men do

- People worried about the

power they would gain if given

the right to vote : some believe

women do not belong in

politics

• Seneca Falls Convention :

- Beginning of movement for

women’s rights

- Organized by Elizabeth Cay,

Stanton, and Lucretia Mott

•What did it do?

- Allowed equal voting rights for

both men and women

- Solved the problem of

discrimination against women

in voting and ended the riots

regarding this issue