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The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
is established by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and others. -
United States v. Susan B. Anthony
the court concludes that citizenship does not automatically confer the right to vote. -
Fifteenth Amendment
An amendment is introduced to the US Senate recognizing women’s right to vote. -
Select Committee on Woman Suffrage
The United States Senate forms a Select Committee on Woman Suffrage to consider “all petitions, bills, and resolves asking for the extension to suffrage to women or the removal of their legal disabilities.” The committee is disbanded in 1921. -
The women’s vote amendment
first introduced to the US Senate in 1878 is defeated -
a constitution that includes woman suffrage
The Wyoming state convention approves a constitution that includes woman suffrage. It goes into effect when Wyoming becomes a state in 1890. -
The National Woman Suffrage Association
The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association -
New Mexico
New Mexico denies woman suffrage -
The National Conference of the Colored Women of America
The National Conference of the Colored Women of America convenes, organized by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and the Woman’s Era Club. From this meeting comes the Federation of African-American Women, the forerunner of the National Association of Colored Women (founded in 1896). These groups focus in part on woman suffrage, as well as other issues affecting Black women -
The annual convention of the American Federation of Labor
The annual convention of the American Federation of Labor is held in Boston. At the convention, the Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) is established. The WTUL argues for woman suffrage as a means of improving working conditions; they are instrumental in fostering the support of working men for woman suffrage.