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Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
The first convention on women's right to vote was help in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848. It launched the women's suffrage movment.
History.com Editors. (2017, November 10). Seneca Falls Convention. History.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/seneca-falls-convention] -
Property Rights for Women in California
The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women. Woman suffrage timeline (1840-1920). History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920] -
Women's Suffrage in Wyoming
The Wyoming territory’s legislature granted women the right to vote in 1869. When applying for statehood, the US Congress attempted to prevent Wyoming from becoming a state unless they rescinded women’s suffrage. Wyoming refused to do so. The US Congress relented and Wyoming became a state in 1890. Wyoming's Suffrage Law, 1869 & wyoming legislature statement, 1890. What is a Vote Worth? (2020, January 6). [http://whatisavoteworth.org/wyomings-suffrage-law-1869] -
Brought to Congress
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed in Congress by Senator Sargent of California. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Woman suffrage centennial. U.S. Senate: Woman Suffrage Centennial. (2020, March 10)[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/People/Women/Part1_BestowtheBallot.htm#:~:text=On%20January%2010%2C%201878%2C%20Senator,sex.%E2%80%9D%20Sargent%20requested%20that%20his] -
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Frances E.W. Harper among others found the the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Lange, A. (2015). National Association of Colored Women. History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/nacw] -
Working Women Join the Suffrage Movement
Mary Dreier, Rheta Childe Dorr, Leonora O'Reilly, and others form the Women's Trade Union League of New York, an organization of middle- and working-class women dedicated to unionization for working women and to woman suffrage. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Women's Trade Union League. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Womens-Trade-Union-League] -
New York City Suffrage Parade
The Women’s Political Union organized the first of several parades to promote women's suffrage in New York City. By the third year, the parade attracted 20,000 participants. Suffrage parade in New York City. DocsTeach. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/suffragette-parade-nyc] -
Oregon Gains the Vote!
Abigail Scott Duniway led the fight for women's suffrage in Oregon which was achieved in the general election of 1912. Oregon secretary of State. State of Oregon: Blue Book - Woman Suffrage Centennial Web Exhibit. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/explore/exhibits/woman-intro.aspx#:~:text=Women%20finally%20achieved%20full%20voting,Abigail%20Scott%20Duniway] -
Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. Woodrow Wilson states that the Democratic Party platform will support suffrage. Woman suffrage timeline (1840-1920). History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920] -
Democratic Party Supports Suffrage
Woodrow Wilson states that the Democratic Party platform will support suffrage. Woodrow Wilson and the Women's Suffrage Movement: A reflection. Wilson Center. (2013). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/woodrow-wilson-and-the-womens-suffrage-movement-reflection] -
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero Warren was asked by Alice Paul to head the New Mexico chapter of the Congressional Union. Paul had realized that the support of Hispanic’s in New Mexico was crucial to winning suffrage. She insisted that suffrage literature be published in both English and Spanish, in order to reach the widest audience. U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Nina Otero-Warren. National Parks Service. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from [https://www.nps.gov/people/nina-otero-warren.htm] -
19th Amendment
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's right to vote. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved February 25, 2022 from [https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,women%20the%20right%20to%20vote]
