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Women's Suffrage
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Start of Women's Rights Movement
The first gathering devoted to women's rights in the United States was held July 19–20, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. The principal organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a mother of four from upstate New York, and the Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott. http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/No-Lady/Womens-Rights/ -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Shortly after the passage of the 15th Amendment, Anthony and Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Its purpose was to work exclusively for women's rights. http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753790 -
Suffrage Parade in Washington D.C.
This was one of the first Women's Marches that are so popular today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi3mxt1Xhyk -
Women's Right to Vote
Congress ratifies the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63 -
First Woman Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. https://www.oyez.org/justices/sandra_day_oconnor -
