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Emma Hart founds the Troy Female Seminary in New York.
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The first National Female Anti-Slavery Society meets for a convention in New York City.
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The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. Twelve resolutions are made, creating equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
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The first National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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The National Woman Suffrage Association is founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Wyoming territory passed a law allowing women to vote.
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Susan B. Anthony and some others attempted to vote. Some, including Anthony, were arrested.
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The "Anthony Amendment" to extend the vote to women was introduced into the United States Congress.
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The National Association of Colored Women is founded. It combined more than 100 black women's clubs. Some of the members of the National Association of Colored Women were Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper.
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Utah and Idaho pass woman suffrage laws (laws that created equal rights for women, such as equal wages, equal working conditions, and giving women the right to vote).
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The National Women's Trade Union League is established to work for better wages and better working conditions for women.
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Suffragist Alice Paul organizes a 8,000 parade for women's suffrage throughout Washington D.C.
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The 19th Amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
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Women march up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the vote and equal wages/working conditions.
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Equal Rights Amendment is introduced into the United States Congress.
