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Oberlin College
In 1833 Oberlin College is the first to admit women -
Seneca Convention
In 1848 the Seneca Convention was held, leading to the Declaration of Sentiments, a bold declaration for equal rights among women -
Wyoming become first territory/state for Women's Suffrage
In 1869 Wyoming becomes the first territory, and later it was the first state, to allow women to vote. -
NWSA is founded
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869, they campaigned mostly for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. -
AWSA is founded
The American Woman Suffrage Association is founded under their president Henry Ward Beecher, they focused on a state-by-state basis and aligned with the Republican Party -
College
In 1870 20% of college students are women -
Susan B. Anthony tests the law
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony and three of her sisters registered to vote and voted in Rochester New York on Election, so they were then arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully" voting for a representative to the congress of the United states -
Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court rules in 1875 that citizenship did not give you the right to vote and the state had to give a group the right to vote, making suffrage associations move to the state to state strategies to give women the right to vote. -
The NWSA and the AWSA merge
The two organizations merge in 1890 and form NAWSA, the National American Suffrage Association -
NACW is founded
In 1896 the National Association of Colored Women is founded, one of the largest organizations of African American women -
Women get the right to vote
After a very long time, in 1920 women finally get the right to vote, only one of the original signers of the Declaration of Sentiments was alive by then