https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy en-us 2022-12-02 17:35:04 UTC 2022-12-16 17:28:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f337.png oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411491361 The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s-rights-convention to occur that discussed equal rights for women. It was organized by Elizabeth Sady Canton and had three hundred attendants. In this convention, the Declaration of Sentiments based on the Declaration of Independence was produced. It listed women’s grievances and resolutions in which women would receive their Constitutionally guaranteed right to equality. This convention was significant as it marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement and launched the women’s suffrage movement.

]]> 2022-12-07 01:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411491361 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411633251 In a society that laughed at the idea of a female doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell managed to become the first woman in the United States to graduate from medical school and receive a medical degree. Blackwell was accepted into the Geneva Medical College as a joke to the admissions officers and faced opposition and discrimination from her peers and professors. However, she pursued her calling with resilience and determination, graduating with the highest grades in her entire class. Blackwell's receipt of the degree was an important milestone for women in the United States as it paved the way for other future female medical professionals. 

]]> 2022-12-07 03:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411633251 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411688728 The Women’s Suffrage Parade took place in Washington, D.C. when thousands of women gathered to call for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. It was led by Alice Paul and the NAWSA who brought attention to the event by hosting it the day before the presidential inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. The marchers were met by thousands of spectators, some of whom physically abused the marchers while the police remained stationary. This parade was significant as it marked the first major national event for the women’s suffrage movement. It was the first to give expression to the nation-wide demand for an amendment and gave the movement a new sense of inspiration and purpose.

]]> 2022-12-07 05:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411688728 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411721597 In 1910, Jeannette Rankin returned from being a NASWA lobbyist to her homeland Montana in order to bring suffrage to its female citizens. After Rakin toured the state for three years speaking on suffrage in town halls and in schoolhouses, Montana’s women gained franchise in 1914. Two years later, Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives and became the first woman to sit in Congress alongside 434 men. This was an important milestone for women in the United States as it paved the way for further female politicians. ]]> 2022-12-07 05:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411721597 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411759400 Following the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, the women's suffrage movement split due to the disagreement over support for the amendment. This resulted in two rival organizations: the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). This division was maintained by opposing views regarding strategy- different leaders had different ideas on what to advocate for, and how. By the 1880s, however, many in the movement began to believe that progress would never be made with this separation of efforts. The two associations reunited in 1890, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton served as the first President. The formation of NAWSA was significant for the women's rights movement because it became the most prominent voice of the women's suffrage movement and greatly expanded its influence.]]> 2022-12-07 06:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411759400 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411791834 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony arranged a petition campaign, collecting signatures to send to Congress in support of the women's suffrage. Some of the most notable suffragists signed the petition, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony themselves, Ernestine Rose, Lucy Stone, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell.  Influenced by this, other women's suffrage petitions started flowing into Congress in 1866. The Petition for Universal Suffrage was important because it helped gain congressional attention to their cause.

]]> 2022-12-07 07:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411791834 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411813027 President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor, a court of appeals judge from Arizona, to be the first female Supreme Court justice in the history of the United States. The Senate voted unanimously to approve her nomination. This was an important milestone in the women's rights movement because it displayed how the rights and roles of women in society were improving. It also paved the way for future female judges. 

]]> 2022-12-07 07:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411813027 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411837164 The Wyoming state convention had approved a constitution that included a condition granting women the right to vote. By being admitted into the Union the following year, Wyoming became the first state in the United States to allow its female citizens to vote. Wyoming Territory was the first to give women franchise in 1869, and when this territory became a state, they preserved women’s suffrage. Wyoming permitting women to vote is important for the women's rights movement because it was extending that freedom and equality to women and bringing the nation one step closer to complete suffrage for all women.  ]]> 2022-12-07 08:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411837164 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411869308 In 1919, the House of Representatives passed the Nineteenth Amendment, and two weeks later, the Senate followed. In 1920, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, the amendment had obtained the approval of three-fourths of the states and therefore became law. The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granted American women the right to vote. This was one of the most significant events in the women's rights movement as this was what suffragists had fought for for decades. It was a large step toward gender equality and justice; granting women the opportunity to make change and political impacts.]]> 2022-12-07 08:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411869308 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411893305 Former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady Hillary Clinton became the first woman to lead a major U.S. political party when she accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. This was a major milestone for the women's rights movement as no other female figure had previously held this high of a political position in the United States. Her running for president displayed allowance of women's independence and leadership by society which had come a long way from the past.]]> 2022-12-07 09:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411893305 oliviaeom268 https://padlet.com/oliviaeom268/xc6jjdbgt9vww8iy/wish/2411916634 The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment is the strongest turning point in the women's rights movement.

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