Women's Rights Movement Timeline

By adhoward28

  • Margaret Fuller

    Her book "Woman in the 19th century" provided an intellectual basis for the budding women's rights movement.

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    worked with mott and others to organize the Seneca Falls Convention

  • Lucretia Mott

    known for her effective public speaking, travelled the country promoting abolition.

  • Sojourner Truth Speech

    Sojourner Truth the famous "Ain't i a women" speech at the Ohio
    women's rights convention

  • Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    form the National Women's suffrage Association

  • 19th Amendment

    19th amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote

  • Equal Pay Act

    Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, promising equitable wages for the same work regardless of sex, race, religion or national origin