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First Virginia State Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Whitehead Bodeker organized this group and served as its first president. -
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
Founded by a group of women including:Kate Waller Barrett, Kate Langley Bosher, Adèle Clark, Ellen Glasgow, Nora Houston, Mary Johnston, and Lila Meade Valentine, -
ESL Joins National American Woman Suffrage Organization
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Men, Anti-Suffragists, and the General Assembly
-Lila Meade Valentine persuades a group of Richmond businessmen to form the Men's Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.
-Anti-suffragists in Virginia organize a counter organization to refute the arguments of suffragists.
-The General Assembly defeats a bill that would give women the right to vote. -
"Virginia Suffrage News"
-The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia begins publishing a monthly newspaper called the Virginia Suffrage News.
-The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia has forty-five local chapters. -
The ESL Grows
The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia has 115 local chapters. -
Congress Passes the 19th Amendment
Membership in the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia reaches 32,000, making it most likely the largest state association in the South. -
Virginia General Assembly Says "NO"
- Virginia state archivist Morgan P. Robinson registers women to vote. -The General Assembly votes not to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees women the right to vote. -The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia disbands. -Thirteen thousand Richmond women, 10,645 white and 2,410 black, register to vote.
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Women In Virginia Government
Sarah Lee Fain, of Norfolk, and Helen Timmons Henderson, of Buchanan County, become the first women elected to the General Assembly. -
General Assembly Finally Says "YES"!
The General Assembly ratifies the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thirty-two years after it became law.
