Women's Suffrage History

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Question 1

Which constitutional amendment, ratified in August 1920, prohibited denying American citizens the right to vote based on sex?

Question 2

In which upstate New York town was the first historic American women's rights convention convened in July 1848?

Question 3

What foundational civil manifesto demanding gender equality was authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?

Question 4

Which former enslaved abolitionist and orator delivered the electrifying 1851 women's rights speech commonly known as 'Ain't I a Woman?'?

Question 5

Which suffrage pioneer was arrested, tried, and fined one hundred dollars for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election in Rochester?

Question 6

Which country became the first self-governing nation in the world to grant all adult women the right to vote in parliamentary elections in 1893?

Question 7

Which radical young suffragist founded the National Woman's Party and organized the 'Silent Sentinels' picketing outside the White House?

Question 8

Which militant British suffrage organization was established in Manchester in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst under the motto 'Deeds, not words'?

Question 9

Which state became the decisive thirty-sixth state to ratify the 19th Amendment after young legislator Harry Burn voted in favor?

Question 10

Which British suffragette tragically died in June 1913 after stepping onto the racecourse in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby?

Which constitutional amendment, ratified in August 1920, prohibited denying American citizens the right to vote based on sex?