Woman power

the american women suffrage

By mlane15
  • the world anti-slavery convention

    the world anti-slavery convention

    Held in london. Abolitionists lucretia mott and Elizabeth cady attend. This lead them to make the wmens right convection in american.
  • seneca falls, new york

    seneca falls, new york

    three hundred people attended the first women rights convention. People such as Amelia bloomer, Charlotte woodard, and Fredick Douglas arrived at this convention. the following much larger meeting was held in rochester.
  • '' aint i a women ''

    '' aint i a women ''

    Sojourner truth delivers her '' aint i a woman?'' speech at a women's rights convention in akron, ohio.
  • 1861-1865

    1861-1865

    The civil war almost nearly made the suffrage come to a complete stop as women added their enfranchisement aside and pitch in for the war effort.
  • The eleventh national womens rights convention

    The eleventh national womens rights convention

    The fist convection since the begining of the civil war, is held in New york. Lucretia mott presides over a merger between suffragists and american anti-slavery association.
  • Kansas

    Kansas

    Lucy stone, Henry Blackwell, Clarina Nichols, and other travelers go to Kansas to agitate for womens suffrage. after many months of campaigning, suffragists are defeated on the fall ballot.
  • the 14th amendment

    the 14th amendment

    the amendment states that male slaves can vote, not women. Anthony and stanton are feircely outraged.
  • The national Women suffrage Association

    The NWSA allows only female membership and advocates for women suffrage above every single issue.
  • The fifiteenth amendment

    The fifiteenth amendment

    The fifiteenth amendment allowed women to vote. Although women who went to the polls to test out the new amendment are turned away.
  • the arrest of Susan B. Anthony

    the arrest of Susan B. Anthony

    She was arrestted in Rochester New York for voting illegally, also she refused to pay the fee of the street car to the police station. She called it " traveling under the protest at the goverments expense.
  • Women in washington

    Women in washington

    The women in washington recieve the full right to vote. the international council of women was formed in liverpool. They sometimes worked together with the leaders of the national and the american associations.
  • the merge

    the merge

    the national and the american accocaitions merge to form the national american women suffragist association. Stanton becam the fisrt president.
  • the year was 1900

    the year was 1900

    Anthony retires as the president and recommends Carrie Chapman Catt as her successor
  • Alice Paul

    Alice Paul

    8,000 women go to a parade organizes by Alice Paul. She soon became the leader of the congressional union.
  • susan B. Anthony amendment

    susan B. Anthony amendment

    the senate voted on the amendment, but it didnt not go through.
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson

    he promised that the democratic party platform will endorse suffrage.
  • President Wilson

    President Wilson

    He issued a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant womens suffrage.
  • thrid times the charm

    For the third time the house votes to enfranchise women. The senate finally passes the nineteenth amendment, and the suffrage began thier campaign
  • 80 years later

    80 years later

    women ever where across the nation won full voting rights on august 26.