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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first U.S women's rights convention. It was held in New York. Over 300 men and women attended.
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The convention is held to acheive suffrage for both women and black Americans.
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Susan B. anthony tried voting illegally. She is convicted and is fined $100 which she refuses to pay.
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More than 100 people died when women went on strike for rights. Especially females and teenagers.
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President Willson states his public support for the women's sufferage amendment.
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President Wilson finally adresses the Senate personally, arguing for women sufferage at the war's ends.
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Carrie Chapman Catt proposes the formation of a league of women voters to "finish the fight."
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The League of Women Voters is founded as a mighty experiment at the Victory Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago, Illinois.
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The 19th amendment of the Constitution is signed into law, giving all American women the right to vote.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross from Wyoming is inaguarated as the first woman governor in the United States.
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Babe Didrikson pitches a full inning for the Philadelphia Athletics
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Gertrude Ederle is the first women to win the English Channel.
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Frances Perkins was the first women in the U.S cabinet.
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Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first women to break the sound barrier.
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Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama and starts the civil rights movement.
