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The Declaraton of Sentiments is created. 1st women rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Worcester Mass, over 1000 participants.
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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.
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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.
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Territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory.
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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.
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The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.
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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.
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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.
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The 19th admendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
