Women's Rights Movement

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    Women's Rights Movement

  • First Women's Rights Convention

    First Women's Rights Convention
    The Declaraton of Sentiments is created. 1st women rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York.

  • First National Women's Rights Convention

    First National Women's Rights Convention
    Worcester Mass, over 1000 participants.

  • National Women's Suffrage Association Formed

    National Women's Suffrage Association Formed
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.

  • American Women Suffrage Association is formed.

    American Women Suffrage Association is formed.
    Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions.

  • First Women's Suffrage Law is passed.

    First Women's Suffrage Law is passed.
    Territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory.

  • The National Association for Colored Women is formed.

    The National Association for Colored Women is formed.
    The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Eliza Church Terell, and Anna Julia Cooper.

  • The National Women's Trade Union League is established.

    The National Women's Trade Union League is established.
    The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.

  • Picket by Women

    Picket by Women
    Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the vote. The group is later renamed the National Women's Party. Members picket the White House and practice other forms of civil disobedience.

  • Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment is passed by the House of Reps.

    Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment is passed by the House of Reps.
    The federal 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.

  • Women get the right to vote!

    Women get the right to vote!
    The 19th admendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.