Are These 'Facts' About The Women's Suffrage Movement Actually True?
Are These 'Facts' About The Women's Suffrage Movement Actually True?
Securing the right to vote for women was a long, winding process with plenty of false starts and set backs. Test your knowledge of this crucial part of history by identifying which "facts" about the women's suffrage movement are true and which are false.
Securing the right to vote for women was a long, winding process with plenty of false starts and set backs. Test your knowledge of this crucial part of history by identifying which "facts" about the women's suffrage movement are true and which are false.
A True History Buff Will Know Which Of These 'Facts' About The Women's Suffrage Movement Are Actually True
New Zealand was the first self-governing nation to give women a lasting right to vote.
From 1797 to 1807 New Jersey briefly allowed women with 50 pounds in assets to vote.
At Dolly Madison's behest, one draft of the Constitution offered limited women's suffrage but it was abandoned.
Susan B. Anthony (and 15 other women) voted illegally in 1872's presidential election.
Many prominent women were opposed to suffrage, saying that they "didn't want to vote" and that it would lead to "competition" with men.
The official colors of the woman suffrage movement in the United States were gold, white, and violet, or “Give Women the Vote.”
President Grover Cleveland was the first president to come out in favor of a women's right to vote.
Many suffrage organizations wrote cookbooks to promote a woman's right to vote.
President Herbert Hoover was the only President to support rolling back the 19th amendment allowing women the right to vote.
Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan tied for the first states to approve the 19th amendment.