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Carrie Champmon Catt
Carrie Champmon Catt takes over the NASWA -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton dies in 1902 -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony died in 1906 -
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Harriet Stanton Blatch, Elizabeth's daughter, forms the Equality League of Self Supporting Women which becomes the Women's Political Union in 1910. She introduces the English suffragists' tactics of parades, street speakers, and pickets -
Women Suffrage
Washington (state) grants woman suffrage. -
Women suffrage march
California grants woman suffrage. In New York City, 3,000 march for suffrage -
Women suffrage parade
Women's Suffrage parade on the eve of Wilson's inauguration is attacked by a mob. Hundreds of women are injured, no arrests are made. Alaskan Territory grants suffrage. Illinois grants municipal and presidential but not state suffrage to women. -
NASWA
Alice Paul and others break away from the NASWA and form the National Women's Party -
Women suffrage
Beginning in January, NWP posts silent "Sentinels of Liberty" at the White House. In June, the arrests begin. Nearly 500 women are arrested, 168 women serve jail time, some are brutalized by their jailers. North Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska, and Michigan grant presidential suffrage; Arkansas grants primary suffrage. New York, South Dakota, and Oklahoma state constitutions grant suffrage. -
Womens Suffrage
The jailed suffragists released from prison. Appellate court rules all the arrests were illegal. President Wilson declares support for suffrage. Suffrage Amendment passes US House with exactly a two-thirds vote but loses by two votes in the Senate. -
Women suffrage
In January, the NWP lights and guards a "Watchfire for Freedom." It is maintained until the Suffrage Amendment passes US Senate on June 4. The battle for ratification by at least 36 states begins. -
19th Amedment
The Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, is ratified by Tennessee on August 18. It becomes law on August 26.
