Suffrage and Comanche Timeline (1850–1920)

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  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention
    The first women’s rights convention in the United States. Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. National Archives. “The Declaration of Sentiments

  • Attack on Fort Belknap

    Attack on Fort Belknap
    Comanche warriors attacked Fort Belknap in Texas as resistance against American expansion.

  • Founding of the NWSA

    Founding of the NWSA
    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to fight for a constitutional amendment.Library of Congress. “National Woman Suffrage Association.”

  • Final Surrender of Comanche Warriors

    Final Surrender of Comanche Warriors
    Quanah Parker led the last group of Comanche warriors to surrender, ending the Comanche Wars.

  • Quanah Parker Visits Washington D.C.

    Quanah Parker Visits Washington D.C.
    As a Comanche leader, Quanah Parker traveled to Washington to negotiate better conditions and land for his people.

  • Women’s March on Washington

    Women’s March on Washington
    More than 5,000 women marched in Washington, D.C., demanding voting rights on the eve of President Wilson’s inauguration.National Women's History Museum. “The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession.”

  • 19th Amendment Ratified

    19th Amendment Ratified
    The 19th Amendment was officially ratified, granting white women the right to vote.

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Indian Citizenship Act
    This law granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States, but many still faced obstacles to voting.