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Women's Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are barred from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London. This prompts them to hold a Women's Convention in the US. -
state constitution
The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women. -
House Judiciary Committee
Victoria Woodhull addresses the House Judiciary Committee, arguing women’s rights to vote under the fourteenth amendment. -
Woman Suffrage Amendment
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. When the 19th Amendment passes forty-one years later, it is worded exactly the same as this 1878 Amendment -
first vote
The first vote on woman suffrage is taken in the Senate and is defeated. -
Colorado
Colorado adopts woman suffrage -
New York State Constitutional Convention
600,000 signatures are presented to the New York State Constitutional Convention in a failed effort to bring a woman suffrage amendment to the voters -
major political party
Woman Suffrage is supported for the first time at the national level by a major political party -- Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party -
march in a NYC suffrage parade
Forty thousand march in a NYC suffrage parade. Many women are dressed in white and carry placards with the names of the states they represent. -
the Nineteenth Amendment.
Three quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.