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Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Stanton attended World Anti Slavery Convention in London
While attending the convention both women were furious when they, like the British women at the convention, were refused permission to speak at the meeting. Stanton later recalled: "We resolved to hold a convention as soon as we returned home, and form a society to advocate the rights of women." -
Seneca's Falls Convention
Woman's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. -
Planning the National Woman's Rights Convention
The women from the Seneca Falls meeting who were attending an anti-slavery convention in Boston got together to plan a National Woman's Rights Convention. Nine met, with seven of them chosen to do the work. They selected Worcester as the location. Paulina Wright Davis wrote the call to the convention, presided over it, created the first permanent woman's rights organizations, and founded the first woman's rights newspaper. -
"Ain't I A Woman?"
Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. No formal record of the speech exists, but Frances Gage, an abolitionist and president of the Convention, recounted Truth's words. There is debate about the accuracy of this account because Gage did not record the account until 1863 and her record differs somewhat from newspaper accounts of 1851. -
Wyoming Territory Recognizes Women
The Wyoming Territory passed a law permitting women to vote. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union Founded
The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was founded in Cleveland in November 1874 by Annie Wittenmyer. Frances Willard became its head in 1876. The NWCTU became an important force in the fight for woman suffrage. Not surprisingly, one of the most vehement opponents to women's enfranchisement was the liquor lobby, which feared women might use the franchise to prohibit the sale of liquor. -
Susan B Anthony proposes the 19th Amendment
The "Anthony Amendment" to extend the vote to women was introduced into the United States Congress. -
Catt for NAWSA President
Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Anthony as NAWSA president. -
Women's Trade Union League
Mary Dreier, Rheta Childe Dorr, Leonora O'Reilly, and others form the Women's Trade Union League, an organization of middle- and working-class women dedicated to unionization for working women and to women's suffrage. From 1907 to 1922 under the presidency of Margaret Dreier Robins the WTUL led the drive to organize women workers into unions, secured protective legislation, and educated the public on the problems and needs of working women.
