Index: Women's Suffrage

Jan 11,

1885

Alice Paul, Suffragist Leader, Equal Rights Advocate, is Born

Mar 3,

1913

Suffragists March to Greet President Wilson

Mar 17,

1913

Suffragists Meet With President Wilson in White House

Apr 4,

1913

Racially Integrated Suffrage Conference Held in St. Louis

Oct 18,

1913

British Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst Barred from U.S. – Later Admitted

Nov 18,

1913

Mass Suffrage Meeting In Washington Hears Noted British Suffragist

Dec 8,

1913

President Wilson Declines to Endorse Women’s Suffrage

Oct 23,

1915

33,000 March in New York City Suffrage Parade

Dec 5,

1916

Suffragists Protest at President Wilson’s Annual Message to Congress

Jan 10,

1917

Alice Paul Begins Picketing White House Again for Women’s Suffrage

Mar 3,

1917

National Woman’s Party Formed

Mar 4,

1917

Suffragists Picket President Wilson’s Second Inauguration

Aug 9,

1917

Suffragist Pickets Seek Exemption from Espionage Act Prosecution

Aug 11,

1917

“Kaiser Wilson” – Suffragists Picket White House

Oct 20,

1917

Suffragist Alice Paul Arrested For Picketing White House

Nov 18,

1917

Suffragist Leader Alice Paul, in Hunger Strike, Transferred to Prison Hospital

Dec 2,

1917

Dorothy Day, Seven Other Suffragists, to Sue for Treatment in Jail

Jan 9,

1918

President Wilson Finally Supports Women’s Right to Vote

Jan 1,

1919

Suffragists Stage First “Watch Fire” Demonstration in Front of White House

Feb 9,

1919

Suffragists Burn Effigy of President Wilson in Front of White House

Aug 18,

1920

Women Get the Vote – 19th Amendment Ratified

Nov 2,

1920

Women Vote For First Time in Federal Elections

Mar 22,

1984

Mississippi Finally Ratifies 19th Amendment on Women’s Suffrage

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