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This was the first meeting.
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This was held in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Sojourner Truth delivers a speech in Akron, Ohio.
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Massachusetts legislature grants property rights to women.
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This is the 11th meeting. The suffragists merged with the American Anti-Slavery Association. They are now called the American Equal Rights Association.
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cade Stanton decide to publish their own newspaper, The Revolution.
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The territory of Wyoming is the first to grant unrestricted suffrage to women.
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Although the language is gender neutral, women are still not allowed to vote.
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Michigan and Minnesota allow women to vote in school elections.
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Washington Territory allows women to vote.
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The Supreme Court says Washington territory can't allow women to vote.
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National and American Women Suffrage Associations merge with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president.
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This is the second state to give women the vote.
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The New York State Association opposed to suffrage begins.
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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.
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Women from 10 nations meet in Washington, D.C. to plan an international effort for suffrage. Clara Barton is among the distinguished speakers.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton's daughter, Harriot Stanton Blatch, forms the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, to reach out to the working class.
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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.
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The Senate votes on the "Susan B. Anthony" amendment, but it does not pass.
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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.
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President Wilson issues a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant woman's suffrage.
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For a third time, the House votes to enfranchise women. The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment, and suffragists begin their ratification campaign.
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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!