-
The first gathering called “Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances, and Resolutions,”
-
Lucy Stanton and Susan B. Anthony forged a lifetime alliance as women’s rights activists
-
Stanton and Anthony created the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and later Stanton formed American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which directed its efforts toward changing federal law and opposed the 15th Amendment because it excluded women The first state to grant women complete voting rights was Wyoming
-
California Senator Aaron Sargent introduced in Congress a women’s suffrage amendment
-
The two wings of the women’s rights movement struggled to maintain the contantly suffragists’ efforts
-
Surge of volunteerism among middle class women, activists in progressive causes, members of women’s clubs and professional societies, temperance advocates, and participants in local civic and charity organizations.
-
NWSA and AWSA united to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
-
The NAWSA worked as a nonpartisan organization focused on gaining the vote in states
-
-
-
The NAWSA intensified its lobbying efforts and additional states extended the franchise to women: Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Illinois and Oregon
-
Alice Paul formed the rival Congressional Union (later named the National Woman’s Party)
-
-
Arkansas granted partial voting rigths and New York granted full voting rights
-
The 19th Amendment, providing full voting rights for women nationally, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.
-
Montana’s Jeannette Rankin is the first woman to serve in the national legislature.
