women's rights

By sydney.webb

  • Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress

    Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress
    She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.

  • 19th Amendment of the United States

    19th Amendment of the United States
    Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest.

  • National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed

    National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed
    In July 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY. The Seneca Falls Convention produced a list of demands called the Declaration of Sentiments.