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The federal women's suffrage amendment is first introduced in Congress by Senator S.C. Pomeroy of Kansas. -
: Abigail Adams
1789: Abigail Adams makes plea to her husband: "Remember the ladies" in the new Constitution. -
Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights
Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights, in Seneca Falls, New York; 68 women and 32 men sign the "Declaration of Sentiments," including the first formal demand made in the United States for women's right to vote: "...it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise." -
First National Woman's Rights Convention
First National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. It draws 1,000 people, and women's movement leaders gain national attention. Annual national conferences continue to be held through 1860 -
The Una premiers in Providence,
The Una premiers in Providence, Rhode Island, edited by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis. With a masthead declaring it to be "A Paper Devoted to the Elevation of Woman," it is acknowledged as the first feminist newspaper of the woman's rights movement. -
The federal women's suffrage amendment
The federal women's suffrage amendment is introduced as a Joint Resolution to both Houses of Congress by Rep. George W. Julian of Indiana -
The National Woman Suffrage Association is founded
The National Woman Suffrage Association is founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to achieve the vote through a Congressional amendment, while also addressing other women's rights issues. -
The National Woman Suffrage Association
May, The National Woman Suffrage Association is founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to achieve the vote through a Congressional amendment, while also addressing other women's rights issues. -
The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed
The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions -
The American Woman Suffrage Association
November 18, The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions. -
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About 3,000 suffrage supporters march in the second New York City parade, with an estimated 10,000 onlookers. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City, where more than 100 people died (mostly female, including many teenagers), results in the largest female strike to date and eventually, workplace safety protective legislation for workers. -
Sarah Palin
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is announced as the vice president nominee on the John McCain ticket in the 2008 presidential election. -
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor becomes the third female and first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. -
Lilly Ledbetter Fair
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is the first bill signed into law by President Obama. The law helps protect those who face pay discrimination and was named for an Alabama woman who complained at the end of her 19-year career that she had been paid less than her male coworkers.
