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Ain't I a Women Speech
Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I a Women?" speech at a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio. -
Civil War
The Civil War. Suffrage efforts nearly come to a complete halt as women put their enfrachisement aside and pitch in for the war effort. -
Women's Suffrage
Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, Clarina Nichols, and others travel to Kansas to agitate for woman's suffrage. After months of campaigning, suffragists are defeated on fall ballot. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment passes granted former slaves the right to vote. The amendment specifies the word "male" offically exclude woman's suffrage. -
The 4th Amendment
The 14th amendment passes granted former slaves the right to vote. The amendment specifies the word “male” officially excluding women’s suffrage. Anthony and Stanton are outraged. Arguments lead to a split in the movement. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified. Although its gender-neutral language appears to grant women the vote, women who go to the polls to test the amendment are turned away -
Women In Washington
Women in the Washington territory are granted full voting rights. Prominent suffragists travel to Liverpool, where they form the International Council of Women. At this meeting, the leaders of the National and American associations work together, laying the foundation for a reconciliation between these two groups. -
The National and American
The National and American associations merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Stanton becomes the new organization's first president. -
National American
Anthony retires as the president of the National American and, to the surprise of many, recommends Carrie Chapman Catt as her successor; Catt is elected. -
Suffragist
Suffragist Alice Paul organizes 8,000 women for a parade through Washington.
She becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU), a militant branch of the National American association