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Anti-Slavery Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were inspired to hold a women's rights convention when they were told that they were illegible to participate in the Anti-Slavery Convention in London. -
American Equal Rights Association Forms
The Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention, the first since the beginning of the Civil War, is held in New York City. Lucretia Mott collaborates the suffragists and the American Anti-Slavery Association: into a new group that is called the American Equal Rights Association. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment granted former slaves the right to vote. The amendment specifically excludes women by mentioning the word "male." This leads to argument that cause spilt opinions. -
15th Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified with gender-neutral language appears to grant women the vote, women who go to the polls to test the amendment are turned away -
Susan B. Anthony Arrested
Susan B. Anthony attempted to vote illegally in Rochester, NY but was arrested. Anthony refused to pay her streetcar fare to the police station because she was "traveling under protest at the government's expense." -
Washington Women gain Voting Rights
Women in the Washington territory are granted full voting rights. Prominent suffragists travel to Liverpool and form the International Council of Women. s. -
Senate fails to pass the "Susan B. Anthony" Amendment
The Senate votes on the "Susan B. Anthony" amendment, but it does not pass. -
WIlson Supports Suffrage
Woodrow Wilson promises that the Democratic Party Platform will endorse suffrage. Meanwhile, the CU transforms itself into the National Woman's Party. Montana elects suffragist Jeanette Rankin to the House of Representatives. -
President WIlson Requests for Woman's Suffrage
President Wilson issues a statement supporting a federal amendment to grant woman's suffrage. President Wilson addresses the Senate in support of the Nineteenth Amendment, but it fails to win the required 2/3 majority of Senate votes. -
Women Win the Vote!
Although groups of anti-suffragists protest against the 19th amendment, three quarters of state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26. American women win full voting rights.
