Journey through the pivotal moments that secured voting rights for American women, from 1848 to 1920
1848
Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organize the first women's rights convention. Over 300 attendees witness the birth of the suffrage movement with the Declaration of Sentiments.
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1851
"Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth delivers her powerful speech highlighting the intersection of race and gender inequalities, broadening the movement's scope.
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1869
National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the NWSA, advocating for a federal constitutional amendment to secure women's voting rights.
KEY MOMENT
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1872
Anthony's Arrest
Susan B. Anthony votes illegally in Rochester, New York, knowing she would be arrested. Her trial brings national attention to the cause.
BREAKTHROUGH
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1913
Washington D.C. Parade
The Women's Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. gathers thousands of participants, facing jeering crowds and violence but refusing to back down.
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1917-1919
Silent Sentinels
Women picket outside the White House for two years. They endure the "Night of Terror," with guards beating and starving them, but their persistence shifts public opinion.
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1920
19th Amendment Ratified
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment is ratified. Harry Burn's decisive vote in Tennessee, influenced by his mother, makes history and grants American women the right to vote.