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Women Ignored
At the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were unable to take part in any discussions. The women's presence was overlooked by the men. That was when they decided to have a women's rights convention back in America. -
Women With Voice
Three hundred people attended the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which set the agenda for decades of women's activism -
"Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I a Woman?" This declares how she is still a human being and she needs to be treated with respect, even if she wasn't a man. Women back then got so little respect that it was almost shameful to be female. -
The American Equal Rights Association
The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention was held in New York, and a merger between women suffragists and the American Anti-Slavery Association was made. They called themselves the American Equal Rights Association. -
14th Amendment
Slaves got the rights of the 14th Amendment, and then they were able to vote. The Amendment officially made sure to use the word "male" just to make it clear that women couldn't vote. Disagreements over their action lead to a split in the movement. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, and even though it never specified a specific gender women who tried to vote were turned away. -
Arrested
Susan B. Anthony was arrested in Rochester N.Y. for illegal voting just because she was a woman. She refused to pay her streetcar fare to the police station because she was "traveling under protest at the government's expense." -
Washington Women
Women in the Washington territory were allowed to vote. Women suffragists came to Liverpool to create the International Council of Women. -
The Women's Parade
Suffragist Alice Paul organized 8,000 women for a parade through Washington. -
Enfranchising Women: The 19th Amendment
For the third time the House voted to enfranchise women. The Senate finally passed the Nineteenth Amendment, and women suffragists began their ratification campaign.
