womens suffrage timeline

By johnsojd

  • seneca falls convention

    seneca falls convention
    the seneca falls convention adopted a declaration of principles known as the declaration of independence

  • wyoming

    wyoming
    granted voting rights to women ,but then denied that citizenshipautomatically conferred the right to vote.
    first US state to extend suffrage for women

  • illegeal voting

    illegeal voting
    supreme court ruled that women were citizens

  • supreme court decision

    supreme court decision
    voided their latter right

  • NAWSA formed

    NAWSA formed
    PURSUED OPPOSING POLOCIES

  • Carrie Chapman Catt

    Carrie Chapman Catt
    organize womens suffrage party

  • triangle shortwaist fire

    triangle shortwaist fire
    organize garment workers, and increased support for the vote among wage-earning women.

  • New NAWSA tACTICS

    New NAWSA tACTICS
    (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, ladylike behavior.

  • More Radical Tactics

    More Radical Tactics
    -pressured federal government to pass a suffrage amendment
    -Paul had organized her followers to mount a round-theclockpicket line around the White House

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    -granted women right to vote
    -women won final ratification august 1920