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Seneca Falls Convention
First women's convention to discuss voting rights. Women were split over the 14th and 15th amendments. Some thought these amendments should include amendments. -
Wyoming
Women achieved a victory in the territory of Wyoming where they convinced the state legislature to grant voting rights to women. -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question (Weren't women citizens, too?) by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the District of Columbia. -
Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that women were indeed citizens- but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
NAWSA Formed
The National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) formed with the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA). -
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony's succesor as president of the NAWSA was Carrie Chapman Catt, who served from 1900-1904. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
146 workers, mostly young women, died in a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. -
New NAWSA Tactics
Catt concentrated on five tactics when she returned: (1) painstaking organization; (2) close ties between local, state, and national workers; (3) establishing a wide base of support; (4) cautious lobbying; and (5) gracious, lady-like behavior. -
More Radical Tactics
Lucy Burns and Alice Paul started their own more radical organization, the Congressinal Union, and its succesor, the National Woman's Party. They mounted a round-the-clock picket line around the White House and attempted a hunger strike. -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote.
