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Women's right convention
In Seneca Falls, New York, the first women's rights convention was held. There was a debate during the convention, -
The Women's Suffrage Assocation
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formesd the women's suffrage assocation. The main goal of the organization was to achieve voting rights for women. -
First women's suffrage law
The territory of Wyoming passed the first women's suffrage law. The next year women started serving on juries in the territory. -
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). -
states gratning women to vote
Colorado was the first state to grant women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho followed in 1896. Washington state in 1910, and California in 1911. Many more states follwed -
The national assocation of colored women
the national assocation of colored women was formed. The leaders were Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Chruch Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper -
women's wages improve
The National Women's Trade Union League is established. It improved the wages and the working conditions for women. -
congressional union
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns from the Congressional Union work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the rigth to vote. The group is late named the National Women's Party. -
the federal women's suffrage amendment
The Federal women's suffrage amendment, writtebn by Susan B. Anthony was passed by the House of Represnetatives and Senate. It was introduce to congress in 1878 -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was signed to into the law by the Secretary of sate, Bainbridge Colby.