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Supreme Court
Protest at a commemoration of the Battle of Lexington. In Myner v. Happerstett the U.S. Supreme Court decides that being a citizen does not guarantee suffrage. -
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Harriet Stanton Blatch forms the Equality League of Self Supporting Women. She introduces the English suffragists' tactics of parades, street speakers, and pickets. -
Women's Suffrage granted.
Washington (state) grants woman suffrage. -
March for Suffrage
California grants woman suffrage. In New York City, 3,000 march for suffrage. -
Attacked by a mob
Women's Suffrage parade on the eve of Wilson's inauguration is attacked by a mob. Hundreds of women are injured, no arrests are made. Alaskan Territory grants suffrage. -
Arrests Begin
Nearly 500 women are arrested, 168 women serve jail time, some are brutalized by their jailers. North Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska, and Michigan grant presidential suffrage; Arkansas grants primary suffrage. New York, South Dakota, and Oklahoma state constitutions grant suffrage. -
Released
The jailed suffragists released from prison the appellate court rules all the arrests were illegal. President Wilson declares support for suffrage. Suffrage Amendment passes U.S. House with two-thirds vote however loses by two votes in the Senate. -
19th Amendment
19th amendment is radifed by Tennessee. -
Law
19th amendment becomes a law. -
Right to vote
Women gained the vote in 1920 after 72 years
of the LARGEST civil rights movement
in the HISTORY of the world.