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Seneca Falls Convention
First meeting by women to discuss voting rights. Women at this meeting split over the issue of the 14th and 15th amendments. -
Wyoming
This was the first state to give wgomen the right to vote. women over age 21 had the right to vote. After joining theUnion in 1890, Wyoming becomes the firststate to permit women the right to vote inall elections, although in 1887, Kansas allowedwomen to vote in municipal elections. -
Illegal voting
Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the District of Colombia. -
Supreme Court Decision
The supreme court ruled that women were indeed citizens-but denied that citzenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
NAWSA Formed
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed. -
Carrie Chapman Catt
The rebirth of the national movement was uner Carrie Chapman Catt. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in NYC. Managers locked doors, stairways, and exits. Eight people died. -
New NAWSA Tactics
- Painstaking organization. 2. close ties between local, state, and national workers. 3. Establishing a wide base of support. 4. Cautious lobbying. 5. Gracious, ladylike behavior.
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More Radical Tactics
Paul organized her followers to mount a round-the-clock pickett line around the white house. Some of the picketters were arrested, jailed, and eve fore fed when they attempted a hunger strike. -
19th Amendment
Congress passed the 19th amendment allowing women to gain the right to vote.
