WOW Museum: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage


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Timeline

1849-   California statehood.
1893-   State legislature approves suffrage for women; governor vetoes bill as unconstitutional.
1896-   Statewide referendum defeats suffrage.
1902-   Woman's Socialist Union founded.
1906-   The Yellow Ribbon suffrage newspaper founded.
1910-   Progressive Party submits suffrage issue to voters via referendum.
1911-   Male voters approve full women's suffrage.

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Mexican American women factory workers

Mexican American women factory workers, 1922.
Los Angeles Public Library
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