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Seneca Falls convention
This was the first meeting to discuss voting rights for women. Women had split over the issue of the 14th and 15th amendment, and wether they applied to them. -
Wyoming
Susan B. Anthony and her group manage to convince the Wyoming state legislature the right to vote. -
Women Illegaly voting
Susan B. Anthony and others attempted to vote in at least 10 states, and the District of Columbia. Causing the Supreme Court to rule that women are citizens, but that it didn't give them the right to vote. -
The NAWSA is formed.
Susan B. Anthony's group, the NWSA, joins with other activists to create the National American Woman Sufferage Association. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
She succedes Susan B. Anthony as the president of the NAWSA -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A fire starts in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, killing many young women. This spurs many working women to push for reform. -
NAWSA uses new tactics
Carrie uses new strategies in her leadership, such as: using organization, close ties between local, state, and federal workers, establishing a wide support base, cautiously lobbying, and gracious ladylike behavior. -
Radical Tactics
After a series of fails a new organization, the National Woman's Party, started pressuring the federal government and eventually started a picket line around the white house. -
19th Amendment becomes law
The bill is ratified, after being passed in 1919. Allowing women to now vote in America.
