Womensrights

Women's Rights Movement 1848-1920

  • Declaration of Sentiments

    Declaration of Sentiments
    DeclarationEqual treatment for men and women was put into play at the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. This set the agenda for women's rights!
  • National Women's Rights Convention

    National Women's Rights Convention
    The ConventionThe first national meeting took place in Worcester, Massachusetts. Yearly meetings were held for the next ten years with the excpetion of 1857.
  • American Woman Suffrage Association

    American Woman Suffrage Association
    Women's SuffrageThis group focused on women's voting rights for individaul states.
  • Women's Suffrage Law

    Women's Suffrage Law
    Women's SuffragePassed by Wyoming, the first suffrage law was put into play. The next year, women began serving on juries.
  • NAWSA

    NAWSA
    NAWSAThe National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association form to make the National American Women Suffrage Association. Their main goal is to obtain voting rights.
  • National Women's Trade Union League

    National Women's Trade Union League
    Trade UnionEstablished to improve women's work wages and conditions.
  • Birth Control

    Birth Control
    Birth ControlMargaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Women can vote!

    Women can vote!
    19 AmendmentThe 19th amendment grants women the right to vote.