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Women meeting
In Salem, Ohio, women take complete control of their women's rights convention, refusing men any form of participation apart from attendance -
women movement
First National Woman's Rights Convention, planned by Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott and Abby Kelley, is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. It draws 1,000 people, and women's movement leaders gain national attention. Annual national conferences are held through 1860 -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares herself a candidate for Congress from the 8th Congressional District of New York. She receives 24 of 22,026 votes cast in November. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony is tried for voting illegally, is convicted, and fined $100, which she refuses to ever pay. -
Wyonming first state to allow women to vote
Wyoming is admitted to the Union, becoming the first state since New Jersey (1776–1807) to grant women full enfranchisement in its state constitution. Women had been granted voting rights in the Wyoming Territory since 1869. -
The Woman Suffrage Party is founded.
The Woman Suffrage Party is founded. -
Mrs. Frank Leslie vput $1,000,000
A bequest from Mrs. Frank Leslie, publisher of Leslie's Weekly, puts $1,000,000 at the disposal of Carrie Chapman Catt for "the furtherance of the cause of woman suffrage." -
Arrests of the National Woman
Arrests of the National Woman's Party pickets begin on charges of obstructing traffic. Subsequent pickets, tried and found guilty, refuse to pay the $25 fines and are sentenced for up to six months in jail. Their inhumane treatment in jail creates a cadre of martyrs for the suffrage cause. -
President Wilson
President Wilson finally addresses the Senate personally, arguing for woman suffrage at the war's end. -
Womens can vote
The 19th Amendment is quietly signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, granting women the right to vote.
