Women Suffrage Movement

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    Women Suffrage Movement

  • Declaration of Sentiments

    The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.

  • National Woman Suffrage Association

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.

  • American Woman Suffrage Association

    Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions.

  • First Women Suffrage Law

    The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory.

  • NAWSA

    The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As the movement's mainstream organization, NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women.

  • Colorado gives women the right to vote

    Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote.

  • Utah and Idaho give women the right to vote

    Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896,

  • Washington gave women the right to vote

    Washington State adopted the amendment 1910

  • California Adopted Amendment

    California in 1911,

  • More state adopt the amendment

    Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912,

  • Alaska and Illinois

    Alaska and Illinois adopt the amendment in 1913,

  • Congressional Union

    Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the vote. The group is later renamed the National Women's Party. Members picket the White House and practice other forms of civil disobedience.

  • Montana and Nevada

    Montana and Nevada adopt the amendment

  • New York's turn

    New York adopts the amendment

  • Michigan, South Dakota, And Oklahoma

    Michigan, South Dakota, And Oklahoma adopt the amendment

  • Federal Women Suffrage Amendment

    The federal woman suffrage amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification

  • Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor

    The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor is formed to collect information about women in the workforce and safeguard good working conditions for women.

  • 19 Amendment

    The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.