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first women's right convention
According to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3, which states, " First women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. There, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which modeled on the Declaration of Independence." -
first national women's rights convention
According to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3, which states, "The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Massachusetts, attracting more than 1,000 participants." -
the civil war
According to, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which states, "The Civil War begins in the United States and women’s rights advocacy grinds to a halt until the war ends in 1865." -
formation of the American equal rights association
According to, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3, which states, "Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization for white and black women and men dedicated to the goal of universal suffrage. They petition Congress for “universal suffrage." -
ratification of the 14th Amendment
according to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which states, "The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified: “the State wherein they reside and that right may not be denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States. " -
introduction of a federal women's suffrage amendment
according to, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which states, "Senator S.C. Pomeroy of Kansas introduces a federal women’s suffrage amendment in Congress. It is rejected." -
the suffragists split into two organizations
according to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which says, " The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of an amendment to the U.S. " -
Ratification of the 15th Amendment
according to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3, which says, The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” -
Victoria Woodhull addresses the U.S. House of Representatives
accoding to, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which states, "Victoria Woodhull addresses the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, arguing that women have the right to vote under the 14th Amendment. The committee rejects her argument." -
Susan B. Anthony registers and votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election
according to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/?scrlybrkr=b11231a3 which states, "Susan B. Anthony registers and votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election in New York. She is arrested, tried, and convicted in 1873. Her defense, that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment entitled her to vote, was not successful."