Women's Suffrage timeline

Lucretia Coffin Mott Is Born

Political and social reformer Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts to a Quaker family. Inspired by a... Read more

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is Born

On November 12, 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spokesperson for the rights of women, was born in Johnstown, New York. Stanton formulated the... Read more

Ohio Woman's Rights Convention Meets in Akron

Are not the natural wants and emotions of humanity common too, and shared equally by both sexes? Does man hunger and thirst, suffer cold and heat... Read more

Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe Harding Is Born

Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe Harding, First Lady during the Warren Harding administration (1921-23), was born on August 15, 1860. An outspoken... Read more

Mary Church Terrell Is Born

Mary Church Terrell—educator, political activist, and first president of the National Association of Colored Women—was born on September 23, 1863,... Read more

John Campbell Approves The First Law Granting Women The Right To Vote

On December 10, 1869, John Campbell, Governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in U.S. history explicitly granting women the right... Read more

Carrie S. Burnham Argues For Her Right To Vote

With this simple question, Carrie S. Burnham began her argument, made before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on April 3 and April 4, 1873, for... Read more

Grace Abbott Is Born

Progressive Era reformer Grace Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on November 17, 1878. Reared in a family of activists, Abbott grappled... Read more

Sojourner Truth Dies

Preacher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 26, 1883. The date of Truth's birth... Read more

Susan B. Anthony Begins Her Address Before The Judiciary Committee Of The House Of Representatives

Thus Susan B. Anthony began her address before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives on March 8, 1884. In her statement printed... Read more

Alice Paul Is Born

Alice Paul, chief strategist for the militant wing of the suffrage movement and author of the Equal Rights Amendment, was born on January... Read more

Ten suffragists Are Arrested As They Picket The White House

Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President... Read more

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is Ratified

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Read more

Indian Citizenship Act Is Enacted

On June 2, 1924, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote,... Read more

Congress Passes the Equal Pay Act

The Equal Pay Act of 1963, Pub. L. No. 88-38, 77 Stat. 56, (June 10, 1963) codified at 29 U.S.C. § 206(d), is a United States federal law amending... Read more