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First Women's Rights Convention
The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. American Bar Association (2019) -
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The First National Women's Rights Convention
The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Massachusetts, attracting more than 1,000 participants. American Bar Association (2019) -
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“Ain't I a woman?”
At a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, delivers her now memorable speech, “Ain't I a woman?”
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The Civil War
The Civil War begins in the United States and women’s rights advocacy grinds to a halt until the war ends in 1865 National Women's History. (2020). -
Formation of the American Equal Rights Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization for white and black women and men dedicated to the goal of universal suffrage. They petition Congress for “universal suffrage.”
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Ratification of the 15th Amendment
The American Equal Rights Association is wrecked by disagreements over the Fourteenth Amendment and the question of whether to support the proposed Fifteenth Amendment which would enfranchise Black American males while avoiding the question of woman suffrage entirely. National Women's History. (2020). -
Susan B. Anthony registers and votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election
Susan B. Anthony registers and votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election in New York. She is arrested, tried, and convicted in 1873. Her defense, that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment entitled her to vote, was not successful. National Women's History. (2020). -
Introduction the Woman Suffrage Amendment into Congress
Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disrupt the official U.S. Centennial program at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, presenting a “Declaration of Rights for Women.” Hannam, J., et al. (2000) -
Formation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Hannam, J., et al. (2000) -
Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party supports women’s suffrage
Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party becomes the first national major political party to support women’s suffrage. Hannam, J., et al. (2000) -
The Woman Suffrage Amendment is introduced in Congress in 1878
The Woman Suffrage Amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification. Wisconsin and Illinois are the first states to ratify.
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The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is certified as law
After Tennessee becomes the 36th state to ratify, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is certified as law, guaranteeing that “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.” (NowThis, 2020)