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By: Heather Kacie Heather

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• Overview of Woman’s Suffrage• Susan B. Anthony• Sojourner Truth• Annotated Bibliography

* *• It all started when Abigail Adams

told her husband to “remember the ladies”

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Women begin speaking

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Women form Suffrage Groups• They formed the Nation Women’s

Suffrage Association (NWSA). This was based in New York City.

19th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.

Bibliography

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• She was very determined to get her point across . Gave 100% in everything she did and didn’t stop until she did.

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Jobs offered to women

• Her first job was a teacher at an all girls school where she later became principal

Women’s rights

• Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women registered to vote on November 1, 1872 a week later went to vote and were arrested

“The History of Woman’s suffrage”

• Susan B. Anthony strengthened women’s suffrage in 1890.

The last days

• Susan B Anthony died in 1906.

Bibliography

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• Sojourner was a tall muscular woman with a commanding voice who towered over most men and women.

•Men often challenged her femininity and

once caused her to bare her breasts in

public.

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*• A Washington streetcar

“And ain’t I a woman?”

“...And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man- when I could get it- and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman?...”

The Civil War

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She died on November 26, 1883.

BibliographyBack to Index

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• Susan B. Anthony [Online] Available

• http://www.gale.com/gale/cwh/anthons/html, 10-23-98

• About Susan B. Anthony’s life

• One 100 years towards Woman’s Suffrage [Online] Available

• http://icweb2.loc.gov/ammen/nawstime.html, 10-23-98

• About women’s suffrage and women’s movement, and how women fought for their rights.

• Sojourner Truth [Online] Available

• http://www.gale.com/gale/cwh/truths/html, 10-23-98

• It includes an outline of the life and ways of Sojourner Truth.

• Sojourner Truth [Online] Available

• http://library.advanced.org/10320/Truth.htm, 10-23-98

• A short biography of Sojourner Truth’s life

•Darlene Clark Hine. “Black Women In America.” Brooklyn, NY:•Carlson Publishing Inc., 1993•This included a detailed description of Sojourner Truth’s life.

•Miriam Sagan. “Woman’s Suffrage.” San Diego, CA:•Lucent Books, 1995•This was a dictionary type that stated interesting facts about Susan B. Anthony’s life.

•James Truslow. “Dictionary of US History.” New York, NY:•Adams Sons, 1940•This dictionary explained many interesting facts about women’s movement, women’s suffrage, and the 19th Amendment