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300 people attend the 1st woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York
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Sojourner Truth tells her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at a woman's rights convetion in Akron, Ohio
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The Civil War starts & the women help in the war instead of worrying about suffrage
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The 14th amendment allows former MALE slaves to vote
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Although its gender is nuetral, language appears to grant woman the vote. Women who go to the polls to test the amendment are turned away
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Susan B. Anthony is arrested in Rochster, New York for illegal voting
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The National and American associations merged to form the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and Stanton becomes the first president.
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Anthony retires as the president of the National American and to the suprise of many, recommends Carrie Chapman Catt as her successor
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Suffragist Alice Paul organizes 8,000 women for a parade through Washington and she became the leader of the congressional union
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The 19th Amendment was ratified and women earned full voting rights
