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More then hundred people attended the first women's rights convention in Senca Falls, New York. Among them lots of important people were there. In Rochester followed a larger meeting.
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Women put there freedom aside to pitch in for the war effort.
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Was held in new York City, first one since the beginning of the Civil War. Mott presides over a merger between suffregists and the American Anti-Slavery Association.
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The 14th amendment was approved for former slaves to have the right to vote. The amendmet defines the word "male"also including women's suffrage. Many arguments lead to a split in the movement.
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The National Woman Suffrage Association aloows only female membership & advocatse for woman suffrage above all other issues.
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Women in the Washington area were granted full voting rights. Many prominent suffragists traveled to Liverpool, where there they formed the International Council of Women,
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Woodrow Wilson promised that the Democratic Party Platform would support the suffrage, while the CU transforms themselves into the National Woman's Party.
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President Wilson Issued a statement supporting a federal amendment to allow the woman's suffrage. He, the President, addressed the Senate to support the Nineteenth Amendment, but it failed to win the required 2/3 majority of Senate votes.
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The House votes to set free women, for the thirs time. The Senate then finally passed the 19th amendment & suffragists began their ratification campaign
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Three quarters of state legislatures approved the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26. All American women won full voting rights since that day.
