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=Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.=

by Ann-Marie Imbornoni
Discover the key events of the women's rights movement in the United States. This timeline covers the years of 1848 to 1920, which includes the famed women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., the formation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the passage of the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. [|Top] || Nov.[|Lucy Stone], [|Henry Blackwell], and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining [|voting rights for women] through amendments to individual state constitutions. Dec. 10The territory of [|Wyoming] passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory. || [|Top] || Aug. 26The 19th [|Amendment to the Constitution,] granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State [|Bainbridge Colby]. [|Top] ||
 * [|1848–1899] •
 * [|1900–1920] •
 * [|1921–1979] •
 * [|1980–Present] || 1848 || The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a [|Declaration of Sentiments,] which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. ||
 * 1850 || The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in [|Worcester, Mass.,] attracting more than 1,000 participants. National conventions are held yearly (except for 1857) through 1860.
 * 1869 || May[|Susan B. Anthony] and [|Elizabeth Cady Stanton] form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional [|amendment] to the [|Constitution].
 * 1890 || The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As the movement's mainstream organization, NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women. ||
 * 1893 || [|Colorado] is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. [|Utah] and [|Idaho] follow suit in 1896, [|Washington] State in 1910, [|California] in 1911, [|Oregon,] [|Kansas,] and [|Arizona] in 1912, [|Alaska] and [|Illinois] in 1913, [|Montana] and [|Nevada] in 1914, [|New York] in 1917; [|Michigan,] [|South Dakota,] and [|Oklahoma] in 1918. ||
 * 1896 || The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, [|Mary Church Terrell,] and Anna Julia Cooper.
 * 1903 || The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women. ||
 * 1913 || [|Alice Paul] and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the vote. The group is later renamed the National Women's Party. Members picket the [|White House] and practice other forms of civil disobedience. ||
 * 1916 || [|Margaret Sanger] opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger is arrested, she eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in [|New York City] in 1923. ||
 * 1919 || The federal woman suffrage amendment, originally written by [|Susan B. Anthony] and introduced in [|Congress] in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification. ||
 * 1920 || The Women's Bureau of the [|Department of Labor] is formed to collect information about women in the workforce and safeguard good working conditions for women.
 * [|1921–1979] •
 * [|1980–Present]
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