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Introduction

Denied Participation Because of Their Gender

The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments

The Civil War and Abolition

The Women’s Suffrage Movement Divides

Claiming Women’s Suffrage

How the West Was Won

The Women’s Suffrage Movement Reunites but Flounders

A Changing Tide

Developing a "Winning Plan"

Protests and Prison

The Nineteenth Amendment Is Proposed

Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

Chapter 1 The Movement Begins

Chapter Preface

Women Should Be Involved in Politics

Resolutions of the Seneca Falls Convention

The Rationale for a Women’s Suffrage Amendment

Remembering Sojourner Truth’s "Ain’t I a Woman?" Speech

Can Women Win the Right to Vote If They Wear Dresses?

Chapter 2 Making a Case for National Women’s Suffrage

Chapter Preface

The Constitution Grants Women’s Suffrage

The Fourteenth Amendment Grants Women’s Suffrage

Citizenship Does Not Confer Voting Rights

Debating Women’s Suffrage in Congress

Chapter 3 Campaigning in the States

Chapter Preface

Obtaining Women’s Suffrage in Wyoming

How to Win the State Ballot

Campaigning Across a Dozen States

Lobbying the New York Senate

Why Massachusetts Voted Against Women’s Suffrage

Chapter 4 The Nineteenth Amendment

Chapter Preface

The Winning Plan

Mobilizing Lobbyists to Pressure Congressmen

Refuting Arguments Against Suffrage

Jailed for Protesting

The President Appeals to the Senate

Celebrating Victory and Looking Forward

Chronology

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Women's Suffrage Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 215 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Women's Suffrage.