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The Movement Begins
In Seneca Falls, New York the very first Women's Rights Convention was held. This convention was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and was organized by both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The two women met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, where they were denied access. -
The Four States
In the year 1849 four states granted married women the right to own their own land. Alabama and Connecticut allowed married women to own and manage the land while their spouses were unable to do so. Missouri and South Carolina granted married women the right to own, but not to control, property in their own name. -
The Second Convenion
The Second National Women's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts. Some of the attendees were Horace Mann, a New York Tribune columnist Elizabeth Oaks Smith, and the Reverend Harry Ward Beecher. Beecher was one of the most popular preachers. At another Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth, who was a former slave, gave a memorable speech. The speech is, "Ain't I a Woman?" -
Women Delegates Denied Access to Speak
In the year 1853 two women delegates, Antoinette Brown and Susan B. Anthony, were denied access to speak at the World's Temperance Convention that was held in New York City. -
American Equal Rights Association
In 1866 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the American Equal RIghts Association. The association was dedicated to suffrage for all, regardless of gender or race. -
"The Revolution"
The first edition of "The Revolution" was published by Susan B. Anthony, Parker Pillsbury, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The book contains the motto, "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!" Caroline Seymour Severance forms the New England Woman's Club, she is also known as "Mother of Clubs", who sparked the club movement which would become very popular in the late nineteenth century. -
"The Revolution" #2
172 women cast their ballots in a separate box in the presidential election in Vineland, New Jersey. Senator S.C. Pomery of Kansas introduced the Federal Women's Suffrage Amendment to Congress. A plethora of women's suffrage supporters, like Susan B. Anthony, stayed single because married women could not own property within their own rights. They also could not make legal contracts in their own name. The Fourteenth Amendment was passed, but the citizens and voters were specifically male. -
Victoria
A women's suffrage supporter, Victoria Woodhull, speaks with the House Judiciary Committee, arguing that women are, under the Fourteenth Amendment, allowed to vote. The Anti-Suffrage Party is formed. -
Washington
In 1910 the state of Washington agrees to adopt the women's suffrage. In New York City, the Women's Political Union correlated the very first suffrage parade -
Three-Quarters
August 26, 1920 three-quarters of State Legislators ratify the Nineteenth Amendment granting women full voting rights after 72 years of arguing and fighting for equal rights.