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World Anti-Slavery Convention
The World Anti-Slavery Convention was held in London. Abolitionist Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended the meeting but they were denied their rightful seats consigned to the balcony. This incident made them to hold a women 's right convention when they return to America. -
First women's rights convention
The first women's right convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York where three hundred people attended. Among the attendents were Amelia Bloomer, Charlotte Woodward, and Frederick Douglas. Stanton authored the Declaration of Sediments, which set the agenda for decades of women's activism
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The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention
The eleventh national women's right convention was held at New York. Lucretia Mott presides over a merger between suffragist and the American Anti-Slavery Association : the new group was called The American Equal Rights Association. -
Fourteenth Amendment is passed
The 14th amendment was passed and it granted former slaves the right to vote.The amendment specifically excludes the word "male" from women's suffrage. -
National Women Suffrage Association
National Women Suffrage Association was formed by Satnton and Anthony. It allowed only female membership and advocates for women suffrage above all other issues. -
Washington Women gain voting right
Women in Washington territory are granted full voting rights. Prominent suffragists traveled to Liverpool and formed the International Council of Women. -
National American Women Suffrage Association
The National and American Association merged to form the National American Women Suffrage Association and Elizabeth Cady Slanton becomes the first president of the association. -
Alice Paul Parade
Suffragist Alice Paul Organizes 8,000 women for parade through Washington. She becomes the leader of Congressional Union (CU), a militant branch of the National American Association. -
President Wilson requests for Women's Suffrege
President Wilson issues a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant women's suffrage. President Wilson addresses the Senate in support of the Nineteenth Amendment, but it fails to win the required 2/3 majority of Senate votes -
Women win full voting rights
Although anti-suffragist groups were against the Nineteenth Amendment, three quarters of state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment and American women got full voting rights.
