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Women's Civil Rights Movement Timeline

By jbdavila

  • Abigail Adams

    Abigail Adams
    While the movement did not officially start here, the desire for equality is evident even at the founding of our nation. First lady Abigail Adams wrote her husband a letter asking him to "remember the ladies" when writing the laws for the emerging nation. While her tone was at times teasing, the underlying message was clear. Photo Source: Here

  • Oberlin College Allows Women To Attend College

    Oberlin College Allows Women To Attend College
    Oberlin college leads the way for the education of women. Other universities would follow suit much later. Photo Source: Here

  • LFLRA

    LFLRA
    The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association was founded to represent the mill girls of Lowell, Massachusetts. Together they petitioned for the right to a 10 hour workday among other things. At that time, women in Lowell worked 11 to 13 hours a day in mills heated by hot air furnaces. Photo Source: Here

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention
    This marked the first official convention for women's rights. The event spanned two days across six sessions covering topics from law to religion. The "Declaration of Sentinments" was drafted and signed by 100 of the 300 attendees. Included was a provision for women have the right to vote. While not successful at the time, this was a major first step in the movement.
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  • American Equal Rights Association

    American Equal Rights Association
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony work together to form the American Equal Rights Association. Its purpose was to secure Equal Rights to all American citizens. Women were certainly included in this association, but it was also meant to support other groups as well. Photo Source: Here

  • The Revolution

    The Revolution
    Women's rights paper created by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The paper focused on women's rights and helped get these issues back into the spot light after a loss of traction during the civil war. Photo Source: Here

  • 15th Amendment Passed

    15th Amendment Passed
    The 15th Amendment passed giving black men the right to vote. Women were notably left out. This failure to be all-inclusive upset women across the nation, but did not deter them. Photo Source: Here

  • Women "Illegally" Vote

    Women "Illegally" Vote
    Encouraged by Susan B. Anthony, women across the nation attempt to vote using the 14th Amendment as justification. This fails and many women are arrested and tried in court. Photo Source: Here

  • Congress Votes on Suffrage Law

    Congress Votes on Suffrage Law
    Congress votes on the "Anthony Amendment" for women's sufferage for the first time. It fails to pass and would not be revisited for another 25 years. Photo Source: Here

  • Colorado Allows Women To Vote

    Colorado Allows Women To Vote
    This was the first time in U.S. history that a state had passed women's suffrage into law. Shortly after the first three women to be voted into any legislature also took place in Colorado. Photo Source: Here

  • Fifth Avenue March

    Fifth Avenue March
    Women march down Fifth Avenue in New York to demand the right to vote. Photo Source: Here

  • 19th Amendment Passed

    19th Amendment Passed
    After a very long journey, women are finally given the right to vote. The 19th Amendment prohibits using a person's sex as a basis for legal right to vote. Photo Source: Here