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The fight to win the vote
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Seneca Falls Convention
This was the first meeting. -
National Women's Rights Convention
This was held in Worcester, Massachusetts. -
Ain't I A Woman?
Sojourner Truth delivers a speech in Akron, Ohio. -
Property RIghts to Women
Massachusetts legislature grants property rights to women. -
National Women's Rights Convention
This is the 11th meeting. The suffragists merged with the American Anti-Slavery Association. They are now called the American Equal Rights Association. -
The Revolution is published.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cade Stanton decide to publish their own newspaper, The Revolution. -
Wyoming grants suffrage
The territory of Wyoming is the first to grant unrestricted suffrage to women. -
15th Amendment is ratified
Although the language is gender neutral, women are still not allowed to vote. -
Women can vote in school elections.
Michigan and Minnesota allow women to vote in school elections. -
Women allowed to vote in Washington territory
Washington Territory allows women to vote. -
Supreme Court strikes down Washington vote.
The Supreme Court says Washington territory can't allow women to vote. -
Groups merge
National and American Women Suffrage Associations merge with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president. -
Colorado gives women the vote.
This is the second state to give women the vote. -
A group forms to oppose suffrage.
The New York State Association opposed to suffrage begins. -
Anthony retires.
nthony retires as the president of the National American and, to the surprise of many, recommends Carrie Chapman Catt as her successor; Catt is elected. -
Women from 10 nations.
Women from 10 nations meet in Washington, D.C. to plan an international effort for suffrage. Clara Barton is among the distinguished speakers. -
Stanton's daughter returns from England
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's daughter, Harriot Stanton Blatch, forms the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, to reach out to the working class. -
Alice Paul organizes a parade
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. -
The Senate votes
The Senate votes on the "Susan B. Anthony" amendment, but it does not pass. -
Police arrest picketing women.
Police begin arresting women who are picketing outside the White House. Some, including Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, go on hunger strike while in jail. Not everyone supports their militant actions. -
Statement from President Wilson supporting suffrage amendment.
President Wilson issues a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant woman's suffrage. -
Ratification campaign
For a third time, the House votes to enfranchise women. The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment, and suffragists begin their ratification campaign. -
Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.
Despite the political subversion of anti-suffragists, particularly in Tennessee, three quarters of state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on 26 August. American women win full voting rights!