Feminism 3

The American Suffragist Movement

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  • The first women's rights convention

    The first women's rights convention
    Three hundred people attend the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. They were talk about women's right.
  • The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention

    The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention
    The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention, the first since the beginning of the Civil War, is held in New York City. New group are create.
  • women are outraged for 14th amendment

    women are outraged for 14th amendment
    The 14th amendment passes granted former slaves the right to vote. They were anger about amenment "male" this word
  • 15th amendment is ratified

    15th amendment is ratified
    The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified,and grant women to vote. This amendemnt is turn way for women.
  • women granted voting right

    women granted voting right
    Women in the Washington territory are granted full voting rights.
  • Stanton becomes the new organization's first president.

    Stanton becomes the new organization's first president.
    The National and American associations merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Stanton becomes the new organization's first president.
  • Alice Paul becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU)

     Alice Paul becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU)
    Suffragist Alice Paul organizes 8,000 women for a parade through Washington. She becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU), a militant branch of the National American association.
  • the Democratic Party Platform will endorse suffrage

     the Democratic Party Platform will endorse suffrage
    Woodrow Wilson promises that the Democratic Party Platform will endorse suffrage. Meanwhile, the CU transforms itself into the National Woman's Party. Montana elects suffragist Jeanette Rankin to the House of Representatives.
  • The nintheen admendment pass

    The nintheen admendment pass
    For a third time, the House votes to enfranchise women. The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment, and suffragists begin their ratification campaign.
  • women win full voting right

    women win full voting right
    Despite the political subversion of anti-suffragists, particularly in Tennessee, three quarters of state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on 26 August. American women win full voting rights.