Woman's Suffrage
As with most campus activist movements, there is a relationship with movements outside the college walls. In 1847 the Seneca Falls women’s rights convention was held. One of its resolutions called for voting rights for women. This unofficially began the push for women's suffrage. In 1919 the Woman Suffrage Amendment (originally introduced into Congress in 1878) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and sent to the states for ratification. After decades of advocacy by countless activists, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1820 giving women the right to vote.
CWRU activist women took their new right seriously, forming the League of Women Voters shortly thereafter. The Cleveland League was formed in 1920 and the League of Women Voters chapter at the College for Women was organized in October 1921 by alumna Florence Allen.
Explore the links below for more details about the suffrage movement on Case Western Reserve University's campus.
