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Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention
Held in Seneca Falls, New York, and organized by local women (mostly Quakers) was one of the first women's rights conventions. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a prominent figure among them, though not a Quaker. The convention consisted of many discussions about the role of women in society and the presentation of the Declaration of Sentiments along with a list of resolutions, including women's suffrage. -
First Issue of The Revolution Published
The Revolution was a women's rights weekly journal created and published by Susan B. Anthony and edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The journal promoted women and African American suffrage, equal salary for men and women, and other women-related issues. Though the journal was in deep debt, Anthony kept it going and paid the women workers a high salary she knew they deserved. -
National Woman Suffrage Association formed
This association was formed in New York by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It worked to secure women's enfranchisement through a constitutional amendment. Along with the NWSA there was the AWSA, or American Women's Suffrage Association who worked to gain women's rights through state to state campains. The two associations eventually merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. -
National Women's Trade Union League Formed
This league was formed to better the working conditions of women and the right to organize labor unions. The organization also advocated for equality of wages in the workplace for men and women. -
Ninteenth Amendment Ratified
This amendment granted women's suffrage. The amendment was first drafted by Susan B. Anthony and Elizbeth Cady Stanton in 1878 and was ratified 42 years later in 1920.