Timeline of Woman's Suffrage

By AydenC412

  • Seneca Falls, NY

    Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, a group of men and women gather to Issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women.

  • Fifteenth amendment ratified

    Passed by Congress on February 26th, 1869, the Fifteenth Amendment gave African American males the right to vote.

  • National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) formed

    NAWSA was formed to work for women's suffrage in the U.S., and was founded in May, 1890.

  • National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) formed

    Became and has remained a significant voice in national affairs and contributed to the way of the American life since it had been founded.

  • Elizabeth Cady Statnon's dies

    Cause of death: Congestive heart failure.

  • Susan B. Anthony's death

    Cause of death: Pneumonia.

  • Eighteenth Amendment ratified

    Prohibited the making, transporting, and sale of toxic liquors.

  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote, passed by Congress on June 4th, 1919.

  • Eighteenth Amendment repealed

    Repealed by the 21st Amendment when it was ratified.

  • Registering voters

    SNCC, CORE, and other groups founded the Voter Education Project (VEP) to register southern African Americans to vote.

  • The Twenty-fourth Amendment

    Congress passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

  • Freedom Summer

    The Twenty-fourth Amendment became part of the Constitution.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Passed in Congress by large majorities. King, James Farmer, Rosa Parks, and other civil rights leaders attended the president's ceremony.

  • Women's Equal Rights Amendment

    Congress approves the women's Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, but it fails to win ratification by the required 38 states