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Kentucky Gives Women Limited Voting Rights
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First Women's Rights Convention
The first Women's Rights Convention is held in New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes "The Declaration of Sentiments" outlining the women's activism agenda for decades to come. -
First Property Rights for Women
The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women. "All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife in relation as well to her separate property, as to that held in common with her husband." -
Ain't I A Women
Sojourner Truth, who was freed from slavery in 1827, delivers her infamous "Ain't I A Woman" speech at a Women's Rights Convention in Ohio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3AYiRT4no demonstrating race issues within sexism -
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Civil War
Efforts for the suffrage movement come to a halt as women put their energies toward the war effort. -
American Equal Rights Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the American Equal Rights Association, dedicated to the goal of suffrage for women of any gender or race -
New Jersey Women Vote
In New Jersey, 172 women cast ballots in a separate box during the presidential election. -
Wyoming Grants Women Right to Vote.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
The American Equal Rights Association is ruined by disagreements on whether or not to support the proposed Fifteenth Amendment which would give voting rights to African American males while avoiding the women's suffrage entirely. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), to achieve the vote through a Constitutional amendment as well as work for other woman’s rights issues. -
Utah Adopts Woman Suffrage
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1872 Presidential Election
Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the election, is arrested and brought to trial in New York. 15 other women are arrested for illegally voting. Abigail Scott Duniway convinces Oregon lawmakers grant a law stating a married woman’s rights including starting and running her own business, having control over the money she earns, and the right to protect her property if her husband leaves. -
Woman Suffrage Amendment Proposal
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. It would pass 41 years later. -
First Vote on Woman Suffrage
The first vote on woman suffrage is taken, the Senate is defeated 34 votes to 16 -
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The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era begins. Women from all classes and backgrounds enter public life. Women's roles expand, resulting in an increasing politically aware women. The issue of woman suffrage becomes part of mainstream politics. -
Colorado Adopt Woman Suffrage
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Idaho Adopts Woman Suffrage
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Washington State Adopts Woman Suffrage
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Califora Adopts Woman Suffrage
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Oregon, Kansas and Arizona Adopt Woman Suffrage.
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Illinois Adopts Woman Suffrage
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Nevada and Montana Adopt Woman Suffrage
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New York Women Gain Suffrage
New York women gain suffrage.
Arkansas women are allowed to vote in primary elections.
Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress, is formally seated in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Michigan, South Dakota and Oklahoma Adopt Woman Suffrage.
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Women's Suffrage Amendment
A Women's Suffrage Amendment passes congress forty-one years after its proposal - it is worded exactly the same as the 1878 Amendment. -
Women Win The Right To Vote
American Women gain full voting rights. -
Puerto Rico Grants Women Right to Vote
With help from the United States Congress
