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In 1850, Sojourner Truth gave her now famous speech titled, "Ain't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth was a slave born in New York who got her freedom in 1827 and became a speaker about anti-slavery and women's rights. Her speech was powerful and moved the audience with her persuasive words. Her speech is so powerful it could only be fully understood by the audience at her speech and its strength could not be expressed through writing. Her speech was important to woman's suffrage because it showed her audience that women disserved the same rights as men.

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In 1869, Wyoming passed the first women's suffrage law. Wyoming was the first state to allow women the right to vote. They passed  the law because of pressure from the National Woman Suffrage Association. The National Woman Suffrage Association wanted an official amendment to be added to the constitution so women could vote in every state. This was important because it leveled the playing field and made different genders more equal.

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In 1873, the Supreme Court ruled in the case Minor v. Happersett that just because women were granted citizenship in the 14th amendment, they do not get the right to vote. They stated that the right for women to vote was up to the states jurisdiction. It was ruled unanimously that the 14th amendment did not guarantee women's suffrage. The case was Virginia Minor, an officer of the National Woman Suffrage Association against Reese Happersett, who was the voting overseer who prevented Virginia from voting.

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National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage - 1911

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National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage - 1911

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In 1911, the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed in New York during an antisuffragist convention. They thought that women voting would decrease their community work. The Association disbanded when the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920. Surprisingly, the leader of the Association is a women herself. Her name is Josephine Dodge but she resigned as president of t he association when the association moved its headquarters to Washington D.C.

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Start of the 19th Amendment - May 21, 1919

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Start of the 19th Amendment - May 21, 1919

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In 1919, the House of Representatives passed a start to the 19th Amendment. It was known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. The Amendment was created but would not go into effect until 3/4ths of the nation ratified it. 11 states ratified a few months after the Amendment was created. By the end of the year, 22 states had ratified in total.