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Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.
A New England religious leader and midwife, Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was born in England, and later followed Puritan leader John Cotton to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. -
The Salem Witch Trials are held in Salem, Massachusetts.
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. -
Abigail Adams makes plea to her husband: "Remember the ladies" in the new Constitution.
In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. -
Sarah Pierce establishes first institution in America for higher education of women, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Sarah Pierce was a teacher, educator and founder of one of the earliest schools for girls in the United States, the Litchfield Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. -
Kentucky widows with children in school are granted "school suffrage," the right to vote in school board elections.
In most states women had to be electors before they could be elected to a public office,. By the 1860s women fought in campaigns in state after state to gain some suffrage rights. -
Maria Mitchell discovers a new comet, wins a medal from the King of Denmark.
She discovered a new comet in 1847 that became known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet." -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of The Revolution, which becomes one of the most important radical periodicals of the women's movement, although it circulates for less than three years.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of The Revolution, which becomes one of the most important radical periodicals of the women's movement, although it circulates for less than three years. -
In Vineland, New Jersey, 172 women cast ballots in a separate box during the presidential election, inspiring similar demonstrations elsewhere in following years.
Women petition to be included, but are excluded from suffrage rights. In New Jersey, 172 women attempt to vote, but their ballots are ignored. -
The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions.
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The Woman's Journal debuts, edited by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and Mary Livermore.
The Woman’s Journal was the most successful of all suffrage newspapers, running for 61 years in various formats and under different names, serving at times as the official or semi-official organ of two major suffrage associations. -
Wyoming is admitted to the Union, becoming the first state since New Jersey (1776–1807) to grant women full enfranchisement in its state constitution
The Wyoming Territory granted women suffrage in 1869.On September 6, 1870, Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming became the first woman to cast a vote in a general election.In 1890, Wyoming under Republican control was admitted to the Union as the first state that allowed women to vote, and in fact insisted it would not accept statehood without keeping suffrage. -
Utah joins the Union, granting women full suffrage.
In 1869 the Utah Territory, controlled by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave women the right to vote. -
Idaho adopts a state constitutional amendment enfranchising women.
Idaho approved a constitutional amendment in 1896 with a statewide vote giving women the right to vote. -
Women's Trade Union League is founded to support working women.
The Women's Trade Union League was a U.S. organization of both working class and more well-off women formed in 1903 to support the efforts of women to organize labor unions and to eliminate sweatshop conditions. -
The first suffrage parade is held in New York City, organized by the Women's Political Union.
The suffrage parade was a new development in the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States.
