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Susan B. Anthony is known for fighting for Women's rights and women's sufferage in the United States of America. Tributes are made to honor her and memorial services are held at her grave in Rochester, New York & Washington D.C.
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Lucretia Mott, Martha C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Ann McClintock, they were invited to the tea of home in New York. They called a two-day meeting to discuss women's right.
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It was the first convention held to discuss the women's rights. Over 300 people went. They signed the "Declaration of Sentiments". It included women's right to vote.
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"Amy Post, Sarah D. Fish, Sarah C. Owen, and Mary H. Hallowell convene a women's rights convention in Rochester, New York. Abigail Bush chairs the public meeting, a first for American women."
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"In Salem, Ohio, women take complete control of their women's rights convention, refusing men any form of participation apart from attendance"
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"First National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. It draws 1,000 people, and women's movement leaders gain national attention. Annual national conferences continue to be held through 1860"
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"Ain't I A Woman?" speech happens and electrifies the women's rights convention.
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The American Equal Rights Association is formed at the end of the convention.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares herself a candidate for Congress and loses.
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Pillsbury publish the first edition of The Revolution, which becomes one of the most important periods of the women's movement, The motto is "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!"
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"In Vineland, New Jersey, 172 women cast ballots in a separate box during the presidential election."
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The American Woman Suffrage Association is mady by more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions.
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"The Woman's Journal debuts, edited by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and Mary Livermore."
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"Victoria Woodhull becomes a Presidential candidate on her own ticket."
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Susan B. Anthony is tried for voting illegally, is convicted, and is fined $100, which she never payed because she didn't want to because it wasn't fair for her.
