A Historical Overview of Pennsylvania
© 2004 Rickie Lazzerini

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After the Civil War opportunities began to improve for Pennsylvania women, and more and more women got involved in the suffrage movement. In 1861, America's first school for nurses opened in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia emerged as a hotbed of agitation for the suffrage movement. In 1868 the Pennsylvania Women's Suffrage Association was organized, and Susan B. Anthony read her famous "Declaration of Rights" in front of Independence Hall on July 4, 1876. Pennsylvania natives, Lucretia Mott, Anne Davies, and Florence Kelley were all key figures in the suffrage movement. Page 10 By Rickie Lazzerini Historian BA History University of California, Santa Barbara © Rickie Lazzerini, All Rights Reserved This page may be freely linked to but may not be reproduced in any form without prior written consent by the author.
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