Womens Rights

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  • fisrt womans rights convention

    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.

  • first NATIONAL womens rights convention

    The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Mass., attracting more than 1,000 participants.

  • NAtional sufferage Assosiation

    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.

  • two womans assosiation merges

    The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).

  • colorado first state to adopt womans rights amendment

    Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911,

  • National Assosiation of colored women

    The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper.

  • National Womans Trade Union League

    The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.

  • 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.

  • first US birth control clinic

    Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger is arrested, she eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in New York City in 1923.

  • The Federal Womans Sufferage Amedment

    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.

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