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Women lose their right to vote in New York
New York becomes the first state to take away a woman's right to vote. This is also the earliest stages of the women's suffrage movement. -
Women lose their right to vote in Massachusettts
Massachusetts becomes the second state to take away women's right to vote. -
Women lose their right to vote in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire joins New York, and Massachusetts in taking women's right to vote away. This eventually leads to all states minus New Jersey taking women's right to vote away from them. -
The U.S. Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention which was held from May 25 - September 17, 1787 placed voting qualifications in the hands of the states. Women in all states except New Jersey lost the right to vote. -
New Jersey takes away women's right to vote
Finally in 1807 New Jersey follows suit with all other states and revokes women's right to vote. New Jersey was the last state to take away their right to vote. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Seneca Falls was the first women's rights convention held in the U.S. Elizabeth Cady Scranton forms what is called "The Declaration of Sentiments" which creates the agenda for women's activism. -
First National Women's Rights Convention
Worcester, Massachusetts, is the site of the first National Women's Rights Convention. This convention was held to support equal rights for everyone regardless of sex or color. It was important because the women were not just fighting for their liberties but for all people to be treated as equals. -
National Woman Suffrage Association is formed
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association with the goal being to amend the Constitution and to nationalize women's suffrage. -
Women Suffragists start to make victories
Women start seeing victories as 3 states determine women will be given the right to vote. The three states are Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. -
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted
The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton oppose the amendment -
Minor v. Happersett
In this Supreme court decision it was determined that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not grant women the right to vote. This causes a set back in the women's suffrage movement. -
A vote is taken to end women's suffrage
The Senate votes on a women's suffrage amendment, but it does not pass -
The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified
The 19th Amendment is finally ratifies and Women are everyone is granted the right to vote regardless of their sex. The amendment states:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." (U.S. Constitution) -
Controversy over the Ratification to the 19th Amendment (Fairchild v. Hughes)
In the case of Fairchild vs.Hughes the Supreme Court of the United States held that a general citizen, in a state that already had women's suffrage, lacked standing to challenge the validity of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Court made a unanimous decision authored by Justice Louis Brandeis, concluding that Fairchild, as a private citizen, lacked standing to challenge the amendment's ratification under the limitations of the Case or Controversy Clause of Article III
