Contributions to Women's Suffrage By BGaddini15 Period: 1793 to 1880 Lucretia Mott is alive Period: 1797 to 1883 Sojourner Truth is alive Period: 1815 to 1902 Elizabeth Cady Stanton is alive Period: 1820 to 1906 Susan B. Anthony is alive 1827 Sojourner Truth escapes slavery 1848 The First National Woman's Rights Convention is held The First National Woman's Rights Convention was promoted as the Seneca Falls Convention. 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers "Ain't I a Woman?" speech Period: 1861 to 1865 The Civil War 1865 The 13th Amendment is ratified 1869 The Wyoming Suffrage Act is passed 1870 The 15th Amendment is ratified 1878 The 19th Amendment is introduced 1890 The National American Woman Suffrage Association is formed 1890 Wyoming becomes a state Period: 1914 to 1918 World War One 1917 America enters WWI 1920 The 19th Amendment is ratified