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Margret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic. It was shut down 10 days later and she was arrested.
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The first Womens Rights convention is held in Sensca Falls, New York. 68 women and 42 men sign the Declaration of Sentiments; a document stating the rights of women.
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The Massachusetts legislature grants property rights to women.
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The movement splits in two because of dissagreements about the 14th and 15th amendment.
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A year after Wyoming passes the sufferage law women started to serve on juries.
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Susan B. Anthony was arrested for trying to vote. She was later brought to trial in Rochester, New York.
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Belva Lockwood runs for president. House of Representatives is still debating womens suffrage.
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After 3 black businessmen are lynched Ida B. Wells launches her nation-wide campaign for anti-lynching.
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The first state to adopt the right to womens voting is Utah. Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Dakota follow.
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19th amendment of the constitution was ratified. All women were able to vote for the first time
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Women's Suffrage parade on the eve of Wilson's inauguration gets attacked by a mob. no arrests are made yet hundreds of women are injured.
