Women's Rights

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    Women's Rights

  • Seneca Falls

    The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls (New York)

  • NWSA

    Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)

  • AWSA

    Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). This group focuses exclusively on women's voting rights.

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law.

  • NAWSA

    The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage (AWSA) form together to make the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). NAWSA then wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women.

  • Colorado

    Colorado is the first state to allow women to vote.