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California Constitution
The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women -
First National Women's Rights Convention
In Worcester Massachusetts, the first National Women's Rights Convention is being held. A strong alliance is formed with the Ablolishtonist Movement. -
Sojourner Truth Speech
Sojourner Truth, a former slave, delivers her "Ain't I a Women" speech at a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio -
Second National Women's Rights Convention
Worcester, Massachusetts is the site of the second National Women's Rights Convention. Reverend Harry Ward Beecher, one of the nation's most popular preachers, attended. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is published and quickly becomes a bestseller. -
Civil War
During the Civil War, the efforts for the suffrage come to a halt. Women put their energies towards war effort. 1861-1865 -
American Equal Rights Association Forms
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization dedicated to the goal of suffrage for all regardless of gender or race. -
Women Suffrage Amendment Introduced In Congress
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. When the 19th Amendment passes forty-one years later, it is worded exactly the same as this 1878 Amendment. -
National Support For Suffrage
Woman Suffrage is supported for the first time at the national level by a major political party -- Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party. -
Debate Opens
Representative Rankin opens debate on a suffrage amendment in the House. The amendment passes. The amendment fails to win the required two thirds majority in the Senate. -
President Wilson Supports Suffrage
President Wilson addresses the Senate about adopting woman suffrage at the end of World War 1 -
Nineteenth Amendment Passes
The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment and the ratification process begins -
Full Suffrage
Three-quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. American women win full voting rights.