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Forming American Equal Rights Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization dedicated to the goal of suffrage for all regardless of gender or race. -
All voters are male
The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. "Citizens" and "voters" are defined exclusively as male. -
Publishing The Revolution
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of The Revolution. This periodical carries the motto “Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!” -
American Equal Rights Association wrecked
The American Equal Rights Association is wrecked by disagreements over the Fourteenth Amendment and the question of whether to support the proposed Fifteenth Amendment which would enfranchise Black American males while avoiding the question of woman suffrage entirely. -
New Group called National Women Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony found the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA -
Black Men are now allowed to vote
The Fifteenth Amendment gave black men the right to vote. -
The Woman's Journal is founded
The Woman’s Journal is founded and edited by Mary Livermore, Lucy Stone, and Henry Blackwell. -
Anti Suffrage Party
The Anti-Suffrage Party is founded. -
Illegal Voting and arrests
Susan B. Anthony casts her ballot for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election and is arrested and brought to trial in Rochester, New York. Fifteen other women are arrested for illegally voting. -
The Liquor Lobby
As a result, one of the strongest opponents to women's enfranchisement was the liquor lobby, which feared women might use their vote to prohibit the sale of liquor. -
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress.
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. -
Votes on Women's suffrage is defeated
The first vote on woman suffrage is taken in the Senate and is defeated. -
National Council of Women is esatblished
The National Council of Women in the United States is established to promote the advancement of women in society. -
NWSA and AWSA merge
NWSA and AWSA merge and the National American Woman Suffrage Association is formed. Stanton is the first president. The Movement focuses efforts on securing suffrage at the state level.