First Wave Feminism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Author, lecturer, chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the Encyclopedia of World Biography
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Americans at War
Sojourner Truth
Abolitionist, Women's Rights Activist
Sojourner Truth in the Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sojourner Truth in the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Susan B. Anthony
Suffragette, Activist, Social Reformer
Susan B. Anthony in Americans at War
Susan B. Anthony in Encyclopedia of World Biography
Catherine Spence
Social and Political reformer, Activist, Writer
Catherine Spence in the Encyclopedia of World Biography
Catherine Spence in Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages
First Wave of Feminism
Late 19th century to Early 20th century
Focused on opening up opportunities for women, including suffrage.
1848
Seneca Falls Convention
1868
The Revolution newspaper founded
1869
Wyoming grants women the right to vote
1916
National Woman's Party founded
1920
Women are granted the right to vote
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