Timeline of womens rights
VISTAS ENGLISH III A 2014
1840
During a social visit on July 14, Stanton, Mott Wright, and Mary Ann McClintock and Jane hunt decided that it was time “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman
1848
300 activists gather in Seneca falls N.Y., to strategize on how to achieve women’s suffrage nationwide.
1848
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, sign the declaration of sentiments and resolutions, modeled on the declaration of independence.
1848
The Seneca Falls convention was the first women’s rights convention in the United States. It was organized and held July 19-20, 1848, in Seneca falls, new York.
1920
seventy-two years after the Seneca falls convention, the 19th amendment, which gives women the right to vote, is ratified.