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This was the first womens rights convention. There were 68 women and 32 men that signed a Declaration of Sentiments
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The state of Wyoming passes the first Womens sufferage law. The following year women start serving in juries.
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The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Women get the right to vote.
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(NWTUL) was established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.
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Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger was arrested.
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The amendment was originally written by Susan B. Anthony nd introduced in Congress in 1878.