19th Amendment

By muellee21

  • Women aren't allowed to vote

  • Seneca Falls

    Seneca Falls Convention launches the protest for women's right to vote at a National level

  • Women's Suffrage Law passes in Wyoming

  • New York Suffragists Arrested for Voting

  • Forming of NAWSA

    National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

  • African American Suffragists Organize National Group

  • African American Suffragists Barred From Conventions

  • President Wilson's Inauguration March

  • Alice Paul Militant Group

    Form to look for federal action. Plan a march on President Wilson's inauguration.

  • Jeanette Rankin

    Jeanette Rankin is the first women elected into Congress.

  • "Night of Terror"

    "On November 14, 1917, guards at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia beat and terrorize 33 women arrested for picketing, an ordeal that will become known as the “Night of Terror.'"

  • President Wilson Supports Women's Suffrage

  • House/Senate Passes 19th Amendment

  • 5 More States Needed To Ratify

  • Tennessee Votes, 19th Amendment is Ratified

  • 1 State Needed to Complete the Amendment