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Mrs. Kline and Mrs. Sara Bissell of Toledo, Ohio campaign for women's suffrage in 1912. This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Ohio.Women's suffrage activism in Ohio began in earnest around the 1850s, when several women's rights conventions took place around the state.
Ohio: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12]
Let Ohio Women Vote postcard. Women's rights issues in Ohio were put into the public eye in the early 1850s. Women inspired by the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention created newspapers and then set up their own conventions, including the 1850 Ohio Women's Rights Convention which was the first women's right's convention outside of New York and the first ...
2008– Alaska Governor Sarah Palin becomes the first woman to run for vice president on the Republican ticket. Hillary Clinton loses the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton ...
Victoria Woodhull was the first female to run for President of the United States, nominated by the Equal Rights Party, with a platform supporting women's suffrage and equal rights. 1873 : The trial of Susan B. Anthony is held.
Ohio Men's League for Equal Suffrage, created in February 1912. [10] Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (OWSA), founded in 1885 in Painesville. [11] Ohio Women's Rights Association (OWRA), first met in Ravenna on May 25, 1853. [12] Political Equality Club of Lima. [13] Shelby Equal Franchise Association, formed in 1912. [14] Sojourner Truth Women ...
The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g., reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents ).
After Voinovich resigned to join U.S. Senate, Marietta native begins 11-day term that included bad treatment from public.