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First Woman's Rights Convention
Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott set up the "First Woman's Rights Convention" and it was held in Seneca Falls, NY. They formed a declaration outlining why they believed that they should deserve equal rights. -
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Events leading up to Women's Suffrage
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First National Women's Rights Convention
The First National Women's Right's Convention was held in Worcester Massachusetts. About 1000 people attended. -
Limiting Women's Rights
Susan B. Anthony and Antoinette Brown are banned from being able to speak at The World Temperance Convention held in New York City. -
The Revolution
Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury published The Revolution. The motto of the book is, "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!” -
Women's Suffrage Presented to Congress
Senator S.C. Pomeroy of Kansas introduces the federal woman’s suffrage amendment in Congress. -
Women Cast Ballots
In Vineland, New Jersey, 172 women cast ballots in a different box during the presidential election. -
National Women Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the National Women Suffrage Association, in order to work towards getting women's right to vote through a Constitutional ammendment and to work for other women's rights. -
FIrst Vote in Senate
The first vote for women's suffrage is taken in the Senate and is defeated. -
National Council of Women
The National Council of Women is formed in order to advocate women's rights. -
Federal Suffrage Association
Olympia Brown founds the Federal Suffrage Association to fight for women's right to vote. -
Washington State
Washington State gains women's suffrage. -
Women Suffrage Support Begins
Woman Suffrage is supported for the first time at the national level by a major political party -- Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party. -
Suffrage in Two States
Nevada and Montana women gain suffrage. -
Suffrage in Two States
New York women gain suffrage and Arkansas women are able to vote in primary elections. -
President Wilson addresses the Senate
President Wilson addresses the Senate about adopting woman suffrage at the end of World War I. -
Women Gain the Right to Vote
The 19th ammendment is ratified and women officially gain the right to vote in the United States of America.
