WOMAN SUFFRAGE 



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WOMAN SUFFRAGE 



The antislavery movement among the women 

 of the North promoted the active demand for 

 civic rights, and though the question of woman 

 suffrage was widely ridiculed, it was also sup- 

 ported by a few prominent statesmen and 

 preachers. The first convention to discuss 

 votes for women met in 1848 at Seneca Falls, 

 N. Y. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, 

 Martha Wright and Mrs. Mary Ann McClin- 



cially as the National American Woman's Suf- 

 frage Association, have been established at New 

 York, and in 1912 the Congressional commit- 

 tee at Washington began an active campaign 

 to secure a Constitutional amendment grant- 

 ing national suffrage to women. In 1917 the 

 Judiciary Committee of the House ordered 

 the Susan B. Anthony Federal Suffrage amend- 

 ment reported without recommendation. This 



1917 



WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES 



In the states shown In white women have equal suffrage with men In all elections, and may hold 

 any office. The states light-shaded are those In which women are given the vot, nt !M-esllentl;i 

 lions, but are deprived by state constitutions from further franchise pri Those shown in 



heavy shading permit female suffrage at the primaries for certain offices, hut the ballot box at 

 tlons are closed to them. The states appearing in solid black grant no suffrage privileges to women. 



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The dates indicate the years in which the privileges were granted. 



tock, the pioneer American suffragists, had amendment reads: 

 framed a set of resolutions which included prac- 

 tically every demand since made for women, 

 and which was adopted by the convention. 



In May, 1869, through the efforts of Mrs. 

 Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the National 

 Woman's Suffrage Association was organ i/.i -d 

 for the purpose of securing a national amend- 

 ment extending suffrage to women. The fol- 

 lowing November the American Woman's Suf- 

 frage Association was formed with II. my Ward 

 r as president, its object 'secure 



suffrage through state amendments. In 1890 

 the two organizations united, and -m.-.- thit 

 tunr have pursued both methods. Headquar- 

 ters of the national organization, known offi- 



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of the United States to vote shall not be denied 

 or abridged by the United States, or by any 

 state on account of MA " In 1919 both houses 

 of Congress apprmtd tin* amendment, and it 

 was sent to the state legislatures for ratification, 

 a process which might require three years. 



The results of the state action on the ques- 

 tion of equal suffrage are summarised in tin- 

 accompanying map. In 1909 there were but 

 four equal suffrage states in the American 

 Union. Win n \merica entered the War of the 

 Nations eight years Int. r. in April, 1917, eleven 

 states had full suffrage. In November, 1917, 

 York, by a referendum vote, approved a 

 constitutional amendment granting its women 



