Unclesam women

Women's Suffrage

  • Wold Anti-Slavery Convention

    World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other women barred from participating on account of their sex.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Marking the beginning of women's suffrage movement the convention was a big step towards the right to vote and equality among society.
  • 15th Admendment

    Fourteenth amendment ratified. Fifteenth amendment passes Congress, giving the vote to black men. Women petition to be included but are turned down. Women try to vote in New Jersey, but they are ignored.
  • AERA voted for 15th Admendment

    The AERA, American Equal RIghts Association, voted to support the 15th Amendment, supporting black to vote, but not women.
  • AWSA

    American Woman Suffrage Association formed with Henry Ward Beecher as president.
  • NWSA

    National Woman Suffrage Association formed with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president
  • 15th Admendment ratified.

    Fifteenth Amendment ratified. Utah ratifies women suffrage.
  • Arrested

    Susan B. Anthony and supporters arrested for voting.
  • 14th Admendment

    14th Admendment passes through congress. Susan B. Anthony creates Equal Rights Association working for everybody.
  • Carrie Chapman Catt

    Carrie Chapman Catt takes over the reins of the NASWA.
  • NWP

    Alice Paul and others break away from the NASWA and form the National Women's Party.
  • 19th Amendment

    The Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, is ratified by Tennessee on August 18. It becomes law on August 26.
  • 19th Amendment

    The Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It becomes law on August 26.