By : Carli & Hannah

1848 Seneca Falls, NY – The first women's rights convention took

place.

1852 – Susan B. Anthony joined the fight saying “The right women needed above every other was the

right of suffrage.”

1872 – Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting illegally in the

1872 election.

1878 – An amendment was proposed saying that “The right of

citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the U.S. or by any

state on account of sex.”

1900 – New states were being made, The new states allowed

women to vote.

1912 – Roosevelt and his party started to support women

suffrage.

1919 – the amendment was sent out for ratification, it almost failed because of Tennessee, but they came through. Women had won

the right to vote.

Site references

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/nineteentham.htm

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/history2.htm