Women's Suffrage

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 19, 1848

The Seneca Falls Convention was an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19–20, 1848. It was organized by local New York women upon the occasion of a visit by Boston-based Lucretia Mott, a Quaker famous for her speaking ability, a skill rarely cultivated by American women at the time. The local women, primarily members of a radical Quaker group, organized the meeting along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a skeptical non-Quaker who followed logic more t

Wyoming

Nov 10, 1869

Supreme Court Decision

Sep 10, 1875

NAWSA Formed

Nov 10, 1890

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Mar 25, 1911

Women working on the 9th floor of a shirtwaist factory were killed when the

Illegal Voting

Nov 10, 1971

Susan B. Anthony led a series of protests asking women to go to the voting poles and vote "illegally"