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Inez Milholland Boissevain, sits on a white horse at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade on March 3, 1913 in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Library of Congress)
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Numerous events helped to propel the woman suffrage movement forward over the decades. They inspired women around the country to take action in their own lives, even if only in small ways. The cumulative effect over time created a groundswell of support that opponents to woman suffrage could not resist. As a result, newly empowered women asserted themselves in other ways too, such as holding political offices and moving into male-dominated professions. Here are some significant events both nationally and in Oregon.
The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
The Election of 1912
The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession
Silent Sentinels Picket the White House
America Enters World War I
The Rise of Oregon Petticoat Governments
Ratification of Constitutional Amendments
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