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Seneca Falls Convention
This event marked the beginning of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the United States. It was held in New York State and was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Approximately two hundred and fifty women attended, and forty men. The convention addressed many issues like women's rights, especially the right to vote.
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Suffrage Petition
MP John Stuart Mill presents a petition for Women's Suffrage to the Commons. This petition fails which results in the establishment of suffrage societies in Edinburgh, London, and Manchester. -
National Women's Suffrage Association
Some suffragist leaders like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, made accusations that the Republican party abandoned the support for the rights of women in favor of the rights of African American men. This resulted in the women forming w group known as the National Women's Suffrage Association.
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The Fifteenth Amendment
The fifteenth amendment to the U.S. constitution had been passed which gave African American men the right to vote, and did not mention women.
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Petition to Congress
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Lady Stanton responded to the fifteenth amendment by sending a petition to congress requesting female suffrage. -
Attempt to Vote
With the failure of the petition, Anthony led a group of women onto an election site in an attempt to vote. She was arrested for unlawfully voting.
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19th Amendment
A Woman's Suffrage Amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. The nineteenth amendment only passes forty-one years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOieRHRzh8 -
The Merger
By 1890, the two U.S. women's suffrage organizations merged into one, therefore creating the National American Women's Suffrage Association, which in 1919 became the League of Voters -
The Progressive Era
From 1890-1925 this era begins where women from various classes and backgrounds enter public life. Many of women's roles expand and result in an increasing politicization of women. -
Women's Trade Union League
Suffragists; Mary Dreier, Rheta Childe Dorr, Leonora O'Reilly, and other women establish the Women's Trade Union League of New York. This organization consists of middle and working class women that are dedicated to unionization for working women as well as women's suffrage. -
First Suffrage Parade
In 1910 Washington State adopts woman suffrage. Later on, the Women’s Political Union organizes the first suffrage parade in New York City.
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Theodore Roosevelt's 'Bull Moose Party'
Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party becomes the first national political party to adopt a woman suffrage plank.
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First Woman Elected into the House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. Woodrow Wilson states that the Democratic Party platform will support suffrage.
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Picketing at the White House
National Woman’s Party picketers appear in front of the White House holding two banners, as shown in the photograph.
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Suffrage Amendment
Representative Rankin sparks a debate on a suffrage amendment in the House. The amendment passes. The amendment then fails to win the required two thirds majority in the Senate. President Woodrow Wilson states his support for a federal woman suffrage amendment. President Wilson addresses the Senate about adopting woman suffrage at the end of World War I. -
Ratification Process Begins!
The Senate finally passes the Nineteenth Amendment and the ratification process begins.
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Women Can Vote!
Three quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. American women win full voting rights!
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21 Year Old Voters
Amendment of the Representation of the People Act entitles everyone over the age of 21 to vote.
