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The first women's right convention held in the United States, held in Seneca Falls New York in 1848. Was attended by 300 female and male activists to talk about women's rights and to discuss strategies to achieve them.

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In 1869, two different women's suffrage organizations were created due to differences in opinion over the 15th amendment. There was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) founded by Susan B. Anthony and Cady Elizabeth Stanton, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) founded by Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell. The NWSA thought that women should get the right to vote before black men, and that the 15th amendment should include suffrage for women. The AWSA supported it.

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In 1875, the Supreme Court rejected women's suffrage in the case Minor v. Happersett. Their reasoning was that the constitution did not confer the right of suffrage to anyone.
This ruling was the end result of a lawsuit filed by Susan B. Anthony after being arrested for voting in the 1872 election.

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In response to this ruling, suffragists tried other ways becoming enfranchised. They focused on gaining rights at a state level, and also organized a drive to ratify a new amendment. Appealing to states ended up being successful, and by the ratification of the 19th amendment, women limited voting rights in over half the US States.

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The movement for women's suffrage was well-organized and gaining momentum. It was still met with strong resistance from some sectors of the US society. People that were against it were mostly scared they would vote against their occupation. Brewers and distillers assumed women would vote for the prohibition of alcohol, and businesses that employed children would fear they would vote to eliminate child labor.

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Multiple organizations popped up all over the country to resist the drive for female enfranchisement. Individuals in these groups did not only include men but upper class women as well. Making a statement that politics were a dirty business and not meant for women.

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Introduction of The Nineteenth Amendment

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Introduction of The Nineteenth Amendment

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January 1878, Republican Senator Aaron A. Sargent of California introduced in the Senate for an amendment that guaranteed Women's right to vote. Bill was languished in the committed for 11 years. When it was up for vote it was denied.

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In 1890, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merged into the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).

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Carrie Chapman Catt started an effort to link the drive for female suffrage to the US war. The effort was a success, leading up to 1918, President Woodrow Wilson declared his support for female enfranchisement.

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August 18, 1920, Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment. This was a turning point in the women's right movement. 