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Seneca falls convention
First woman's convention to discuss voting rights. Women were split over the 14th and 15th amendment. -
Wyoming extends voting rights to women
Females who are 21 and over and are legal residents in Wyoming were granted the ability to vote. -
illegal voting
Susan B. Anthony and many of her fellow womens suffrage supporters went to 10 states attempting to vote around 150 times. -
supreme court decision
Minor v Happersett, the United States Supreme Court declares that despite the privileges and immunities clause, a state can prohibit a woman from voting. The court declares women as “persons,” but holds that they constitute a “special category of "nonvoting citizens.” -
NAWSA formed
this group was the unification of 2 previous womens rights groups. Was the largest and most important suffrage group in the united states. It also helped to grant women voting rights in 1920. -
carrie chapman catt
in 1900, carrie chapman catt was elected to be the new leader of the NAWSA -
Triangle shirtwaist fire
146 workers were killed in a fire that devestated new york. -
new NAWSA tactics
NAWSA president Carrie Chapman Catt unveils her "winning plan" for suffrage victory at a convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Catt's plan required the coordination of activities by a vast cadre of suffrage workers in both state and local associations . -
women gain the right to vote
the 19th amendment was ratified and now women had full right to vote in the United States.
