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New Jersey Women Can Vote
New Jersey was the only state that immediately granted property owning women the right to vote following the revolution. Unfortunately that right was repealed in 1807. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention. Attendees of the convention signed the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, calling for equal rights including the right to vote for women. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 also said that any citizen has the same right as a white citizen to make and enforce contracts, sue and be sued, give evidence in court, and inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property. This is the first step towards equal voting rights for all citizens. -
Wyoming Grants Women the Right to Vote
John Allen Campbell, the first Governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in United States history explicitly granting women the right to vote. The law was approved on December 10, 1869. -
15th Amendment is Adopted
The 15th Amendment extended the right to vote to African-American men: "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Despite this progress many Jim Crow laws persisted, keeping many African-American men from exercising their right to vote. -
Women's Suffrage Procession
The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 was a march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913, organized by the suffragist Alice Paul for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The march was scheduled on the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. -
The White House is Bannered
June 20, 1917, suffragists stood outside the White House with a banner which stated: "We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. President Wilson is the chief opponent of their national enfranchisement". -
Women are Granted the Right to Vote
Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. -
24th Amendment Ratified
The 24th Amendment makes it illegal to charge a poll tax, or charge any citizen to vote. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory practices that had kept most African Americans in the U.S. from voting. -
Nixon Extends the Voting Rights Act
Richard Nixon becomes the first of five (so far) presidents to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
