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Seneca falls Convention
First discussion over womans right to vote
women were split over the 14th and 15th admendments -
Wyoming
women in this territory that were the age of atleast twenty-one could vote at elections -
illegal voting
susan B. anthony and 14 other women were caught voting illegally and ordered to pay a $100 fine which she refused to pay -
Supreme court decision
The U.S. Supreme Court declares that despite the privileges and immunities clause, a state can prohibit a woman from voting. -
NAWSA formed
women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). -
Carrie Chapman Catt
elected president of the NAWSA twice -
Triangle shirtwaste fire
woman were trapped inside a factory because managers locked doors to keep them inside
resulted in the 4th highest loss of lifeform in a industrial accident -
New Nawsa Tatics
Large suffrage marches and parades in 1915 helped bring the cause of woman suffrage back to the center. The NAWSA also shifted tactics, and in 1916 unified its chapters around efforts to push a suffrage Amendment in Congress.In 1915, Mabel Vernon and Sarah Bard Field and others traveled across the nation by automobile, carrying half a million signatures on a petition to Congress. The press took more notice of the "suffragettes." -
More radical tatics
The National Woman's Party militant tactics and steadfast lobbying, coupled with public support for imprisoned suffragists, forced President Woodrow Wilson to endorse a federal woman suffrage amendment -
19th admendment
the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. This allowed women the right to vote in every state.
