Women's Suffrage

By gina.zou0923

  • The Movement Starts

    The Movement Starts
    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.

  • The First Women's Rights Convention

    The First Women's Rights Convention
    The first Women's Rights Convention in the United States is held in Seneca Falls, New York. Many participants sign a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" that outlines the main issues and goals for the emerging women's movement.

  • "Ain't I a Women?"

    "Ain't I a Women?"
    Former slave Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I a Women?" speech before a spellbound audience at a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio.

  • American Equal Rights Association

    American Equal Rights Association
    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the American Equal Rights Association, an organization for white and black, women and men dedicated to the goal of universal suffrage

  • Voting Illegally

    Voting Illegally
    Susan B. Anthony led a group of 16 women in demanding to be registered and vote in Rochester, New York. Anthony is then arrested and brought to trial for attempting to vote.

  • National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

    National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
    The two women's suffrage organizations National Women Suffrage Association(NWSA) and the American Women Suffrage Association(AMSA) merged as the National American Women Suffrage Association(NAWSA).

  • Women's Suffrage to the Voters

    Women's Suffrage to the Voters
    600,000 signatures are presented to the New York Constitutional Convention in a failed effort to bring a women's suffrage amendment to the voters.

  • The First National Suffrage Parade

    The First National Suffrage Parade
    Suffragists organized a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. The parade was the first major suffrage spectacle organized by the NAWSA.

  • National Women's Party Picketers

    National Women's Party Picketers
    National Woman’s Party picketers appear in front of the White House holding two banners, “Mr. President, What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage?” and “How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?”

  • Getting Ratified

    Getting Ratified
    Representative Rankin opens debate on a suffrage amendment in the House. The amendment passes but fails to win the required two thirds majority in the Senate multiple times.

  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment
    36 states ratify the 19th amendment. Anti-suffragist try to overturn vote, but after 6 more days of legal maneuvering, governor signs certificate of ratification and mails it to Washington, DC. on August 24.