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Oberlin College in Ohio started to admit women in the year 1833.
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A group of men and women gather in Seneca Falls in 1848. Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott and write Declaration on Sentiments.
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In the year 1869, the women of the Wyoming Territory become the first to win the right to vote.
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In 1872, some NWSA members supported Victoria Woodhull , the first woman presidential candidate.
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20% of college students were women, this percentage increased to more than one-third by 1900.
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In 1890, the Nation Women Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merged. They created the NAWSA led by Susan B. Anthony and Candy Stanton.
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The NACW was created in 1896. Some of its leaders were Ida B. Wells, Margaret Murray Washington, and Harriet Tubman. They fought against poverty, segregation, and lynchings.
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The NWP was led by Alice Paul in 1916. The party took more aggressive actions which they got from the British.
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In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed granting women the right to vote. Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify and in passed by only one vote.
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In 1917, Congress passed the amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. This was one of the movement that gave women political experience.