Timeline of women's suffrage in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Atlanta Equal Suffrage group in parade in Atlanta, Georgia in 1913

This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Georgia. Women's suffrage in Georgia started in earnest with the formation of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association (GWSA) in 1892. GWSA helped bring the first large women's rights convention to the South in 1895 when the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) held their convention in Atlanta. GWSA was the main source of activism behind women's suffrage until 1913. In that year, several other groups formed including the Georgia Young People's Suffrage Association (GYPSA) and the Georgia Men's League for Woman Suffrage. In 1914, the Georgia Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage (GAOWS) was formed by anti-suffragists. Despite the hard work by suffragists in Georgia, the state continued to reject most efforts to pass equal suffrage. In 1917, Waycross, Georgia allowed women to vote in primary elections and in 1919 Atlanta granted the same. Georgia was the first state to reject the Nineteenth Amendment. Women in Georgia still had to wait to vote statewide after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920. Native American and African American women had to wait even longer to vote. Georgia ratified the Nineteenth Amendment in 1970.

Contents

19th century

1880s

1887

1890s

1890

1894

1895

1896

1899

20th century

Petition of the Women of Georgia for a Women's Suffrage Amendment, 12 June 1913 Petition of the Women of Georgia for Women's Suffrage Amendment, 12 June 1913, side 2.jpg
Petition of the Women of Georgia for a Women's Suffrage Amendment, 12 June 1913

1900s

1900

1901

1902

1903

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910s

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1919

1920s

1920

1921

1922

1924

1950s

1956

1960s

1965

1970s

1970

See also

References

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