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Important Dates in Women's History
Due to unfavorable circumstances; women's rights reformers worked harder than others to secure those rights.
By: Darby Brenner
Date 10-21-2015 -
Anti- Slavery Convention.
The anti- slavery convention was held in London on June 12 until June 23, however, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were banned from attending this convention. As a result the two women create a Women's Convection in the United States a few years later. -
"North and South"
"North and South" was written by Elizabeth Gaskell who was a British writer. The book shows her sympathy to the working class -
The Declaration of Sentiments
On this day Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote "The Declaration of Sentiments," and created the agenda of women's activism for the furture years. -
United States
The women's rights movement began in the United States. -
"Mary Barton"
"Mary Barton" was written by Elizabeth Gaskell. She wrote it to again, show her sympathy for the working class. -
Property tax
California extened the rights to women to buy property. -
Mid 1800s
Women started to form unions during the mid 1800s. -
First Women's Rights Convention
The first women's rights convention was held in, Worcester, Massachusetts. Among the atendes were Frederick Douglass, Lucy Stone, and Abby Kelley Foster. As a result of this meeting a alliance between the Abolitionist Movement and the Women's Rights was created. -
Second National Women's Rights Convention
On this day the Second meeting of the National Women's Rights Convention took place in Worcester, Massachusettes. -
Property Rights in Vermont
Property rights was an major controversy, and was brought to the Vermont Senate by Clara Howard Nichols. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published. -
The Worlds Temperance Convention
Antionete Brown and Susan B. Anthony are not allowed to speak at the World's Temperance Convention held in New York -
"Cranford"
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote "Cranford" which deals with the life of a peaceful english village. -
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Stand Still
The women's rigth movement came to a stand still due to the Civil War, and they focused their effort to the war -
American Equal Rights Association
The American Equal Rights Association was created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The organization's goal was suffrage for all regarless of gender or race. -
"The Revolution"
The first edition of "The Revolution" was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury, and published on this day -
Fourteenth Amendment
On this day the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States." -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), The goal of this institution was to achieve the vote through a Constitutional amendment as well as push for other woman’s rights issues. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment gave black men the right to vote. National Woman Suffrage Association refused to work for its ratification and instead the members advocate for a Sixteenth Amendment that would give everyone the right to vote. -
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull addresses the House Judiciary Committee, arguing that women should have the right to vote under the fourteenth amendment. -
Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony casted her ballot for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election and was arrested and brought to trial in Rochester, New York. Sojourner Truth atemped to vote at a polling booth in Battle Creek, Michigan, she was turned away. -
First Vote For Women Suffrage
The first vote on women's suffrage is completed in the Senate and is denied. -
The NWSA and the AWSA are reunited
The NWSA and the AWSA are reunited as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. During this same year, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found Hull House, a settlement house project in Chicago's 19th Ward. Within one year, there were more than a hundred settlement houses throughout the United States. -
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The Progressive Era begins
Women from all classes and backgrounds enter public life. Women's roles expand and result in an increasing politicization of women. Consequently the issue of woman suffrage becomes part of mainstream politics. -
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified
Its victory accomplished, NAWSA ceases to exist, but its organization becomes the nucleus of the League of Women Voters. -
Works Cieted
"National Women's History Museum." Education & Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. - https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/history/woman-suffrage-timeline
Barber, Susan E. "Votes for Women: Timeline." Votes for Women: Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html
"Timeline From: A History of the American Suffragist Movement, © The Moschovitis Group, Inc." Timeline From: A History of the American Suffragist Movement, © The Moschovitis Group, Inc.
