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Property Rights
The thirteen colonies adopt English laws on property rights. Women can't own property or keep their own earnings. -
Seneca Falls Convention
First women's rights convention, sparked many other conventions in surrounding areas. Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and female Quakers that lived in or near Seneca Falls around the visit of Lucretia Mott, a renowned female orator. -
National Women's Rights Convention
First in a series of annual meetings from 1850-1860. Held in Worchester, Mass. and attracted more than 1000 participants. -
National Women's Suffrage Association
Formed in New York City by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They opposed the Fifteenth Amendment unless it gave women the right to vote. -
Wyoming
Territory of Wyoming passes first women's suffrage law. Women begin serving on juries the following year. -
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull is first woman nominated for president by the Equal Rights Party, despite the fact that women still can't vote. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for, and convicted of, "unlawful voting." -
Minor v. Happersett
Supreme Court determined that Constitution didn't grant women right to vote. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Equal Rights Amendment Introduced
Alice Paul and National Woman's Party succeed in having a Constitutional Amendment introduced that says that men and women will have equal rights throughout the US and its jurisdictions. -
Equal Pay Act
Aimed to abolish wage disparity based on sex. -
Griswold v. Connecticut
Decision by Supreme Court that legalized use of contraceptives by married couples. -
Roe v. Wade
Gave women the right to choose to have an abortion, nullifying anti-abortiong laws in 46 states.