WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
TIMELINE
suf·frage
/ˈsəfrij/
noun
the right to vote in political elections.
1812
1848
1849
Esther McQuigg Morris is born in Spencer, NY. She later lived in Owego, NY, before moving to Wyoming and becoming a driving force in lobbying for Woman Suffrage to be granted in the state Constitution. She was also the first female Justice of the Peace in the U.S.
Seneca Falls is the location for the 1st Women’s Rights Convention, launching the Woman Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
The 1st state constitution in California extends property rights to women.
1861-1865
1853
1851
During the Civil War, efforts for the suffrage movement came to a halt as women put their energies toward the war.
Women delegates are denied the right to speak at The World’s Temperance Convention in New York City.
The 2nd Women’s Rights Convention is held in Worcester, MA.
1863
1866
LOCAL Belva Lockwood purchases 249 Front Street in Owego and becomes the owner, principal and teacher of the Owego Female Seminary
The American Equal Rights Association is formed and is an organization dedicated to the goal of Suffrage regardless of gender or race.
1868
The American Equal Rights Association is formed and is an organization dedicated to the goal of Suffrage regardless of gender or race.
1869
The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) is formed. It is a more radical institution to achieve the vote through a constitutional amendment as well as push other woman’s rights issues.
1869
1869
The American Equal Rights Association is formed and is an organization dedicated to the goal of Suffrage regardless of gender or race.
Elizabeth Chatfield, an Owego resident, becomes the private secretary for Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton at The Revolution, the first official Suffrage newspaper in the U.S.
1872
Susan B. Anthony and 15 other women were arrested for illegally voting.
1872
Victoria Woodhull ran for President. However, she was younger than the mandated age of 35, so it was an unofficial run.
1887
1884
1878
The 1st vote on Woman Suffrage is taken in the Senate and is defeated.
Belva Lockwood becomes the first woman officially on a U.S. Presidential ballot.
A woman suffrage amendment is proposed in the U.S. Congress. When the 19th Amendment passes 41 years later, it is worded exactly the same as the 1878 amendment.
1888
1888
1890
Belva Lockwood becomes the only woman who has run twice for the President of the U.S.
The National Council of Women in the U.S. is established to promote the advancement of women in society.
Wyoming is admitted into the Union, and the state constitution grants Woman Suffrage.
1894
1894
1893
Susan B. Anthony speaks at the County Convention in support of Woman Suffrage at the Tioga County Courthouse in Owego, NY.
600,000 signatures are presented to the New York State Constitutional Convention in a failed effort to bring woman suffrage amendment to the voters.
Colorado adopts Woman Suffrage.
1896
1896
1896
The National Association of Colored Women’s Club is founded.
Utah joins the Union with full Suffrage for women.
Idaho adopts Woman Suffrage.
1912
1911
1910
Woman Suffrage is supported for the first time at the National level by Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party.
The elaborate California suffrage campaign succeeds by a narrow margin.
Washington State adopts Woman Suffrage.
1912
Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona adopt Woman Suffrage.
1914
Nevada and Montana adopt Woman Suffrage.
1915
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts continue to reject Woman Suffrage.
1917
1917
1916
Arkansas women are allowed to vote in primary elections.
New York adopts Woman Suffrage.
Jeanette Ranken of Montana is the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
1918
1918
1918
Michigan, South Dakota, Oklahoma adopt Woman Suffrage
President Woodrow Wilson addresses the Senate about adopting woman suffrage at the end of World War I.
94 women vote for the first time at the Central Fire Station on North Avenue, Owego, NY.
1919
The Senate passes the 19th Amendment, and the ratification process begins.
August 26
1920
Three-quarters of the state legislature ratified the 19th Amendment. American women win full voting rights!
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