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American suffragist movement
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First women's rights convention in Seneca Falls
The first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. And a larger meeting follows in Rochester. -
Sojourner Truth "Ain't I a Woman?"
She was given speech at a wonmen's rights convention in Akron, Ohio. -
The eleventh National Women's Rights Convention in New York
Abolitionists merged between suffragists and the American Anti-slavery Association into the new group called the American Equal Rights Association. -
Abolitionists agitate for women's suffrage
There was a few months of campaign about the Women's suffrage, Finally, suffragists defeated on the fall ballot. -
Male slaves granted to vote except woman's suffrage
The 14th amendment passes granted former slaves the right to vote. The amendment specifies the word "male" officially excluding women's suffrage. -
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 amendent are turned away. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association formed
The National and American associations merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Asscociation. Stanton becomes the new organization's first president. -
A giant parade through Washington
8,000 women is organized for this campaign to strike for the demand of women's suffrage. -
The failure request statement for the grant of women's suffrage
President Wilson issues a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant woman'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's suffrage are granted
Senate passes the nineteenth amendment to enfranchise women, so suffragists begin their ratification campaign.
