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19th century

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1860s

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1866

1867

1869

1870s

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1870

  • September: CWSA held its annual meeting in Hartford.[6]

1873

1874

1877

  • Married women are able to legally control their own property.[9]

1880s

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1884

  • A bill to allow women the right to vote in school district meetings loses in the state legislature.[10]

1885

  • The Hartford Equal Rights League is founded.[11]
  • The state legislature again defeats a school suffrage bill.[12]

1886

  • A bill for full women's suffrage is defeated in the state legislature.[12]

1887

  • Two women's suffrage bills in the state legislature are marked as "Ought not to pass" and go no further in committee.[12]

1889

  • The Meriden Political Equality Club was formed.[10]

1890s

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1893

1894

  • The Equal Rights Club of Willimantic is formed.[10]

1895

  • A presidential suffrage bill does not pass in the state legislature.[12]
  • A bill for women's municipal suffrage passes in the state House, but fails in the state Senate.[12]

1897

  • School suffrage law is amended, making voter registration more complicated.[15]
  • Bills for presidential and municipal suffrage do not pass in the state legislature.[12]

1899

  • A municipal suffrage bill does not pass again in the state legislature.[16]

20th century

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1900s

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1901

  • The state suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[17]

1902

1903

1905

  • November: The state suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[18]

1906

1907

  • October: Suffragists hold their state convention in Hartford.[18]

1909

  • The state suffrage convention is held in Meriden.[18]
  • Women gain the right to vote on school and library issues.[13]
  • October: Emmeline Pankhurst visits and speaks in Hartford.[20]
  • The Hartford Political Equality League (later called the Hartford Equal Franchise League) is formed.[20]

1910s

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1910

  • The Connecticut Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage is formed.[9]
  • Fall: The state suffrage convention is held in Greenwich.[20]
  • At the Greenwich annual farmer's picnic, suffragists from CWSA invited Ella Reeve Bloor to speak.[21]

1911

  • Activists hold the state suffrage convention in Bridgeport.[22]

1912

  • Hartford suffrage groups send postcards to people in surrounding areas in order to advertise women's suffrage events.[23]
  • The annual suffrage convention is held in New Haven, Connecticut.[22]
  • The New Haven Political Equality Club is founded after the convention.[22]

1913

  • July: The Wallingford Equal Franchise League raises money and awareness by selling food and giving away brochures at July 4th events.[21]
  • The state suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[22]

1914

  • May 2: Thousands march in suffrage parade through Hartford.[24]
  • Summer: CWSA holds a "rowboat platform" at beaches in Connecticut, sharing information about women's suffrage to beach-goers.[25]
  • June: A car tour supporting women's suffrage started through Connecticut.[26]
  • September: CWSA staff a booth at the Connecticut Fair Grounds, providing suffrage literature and outreach.[26]
  • The annual suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[22]

1915

  • October: State suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[27]

1916

  • A large parade with thousands of participants and spectators takes place in New Haven.[28]
  • September 7: The Connecticut State Federation of Labor votes in favor of women's suffrage.[29]
  • The state suffrage convention is held in New Haven.[30]

1917

  • February: The Connecticut House judiciary committee hears testimony from both CWSA and from anti-suffragists on women voting in Connecticut.[31]
  • November 7-8: Forty-eighth annual state suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[32][33]

1918

  • The Connecticut Federation of Labor endorses the Nineteenth Amendment almost unanimously.[34]
  • African American suffragists organize their own suffrage league in New Haven.[34]
  • July 12: Suffragists form rallies in Hartford and Simsbury, Connecticut and decide to appeal directly to the President on the question of women's suffrage.[35]
  • States suffrage convention is held in Hartford.[36]

1919

1920s

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1920

  • May 3-7: "Emergency Week" is declared in regards to blocking the vote on women's suffrage. The Suffrage Emergency Corps is assembled to support the federal amendment.[38]
  • September 14: Connecticut state legislature ratifies the Nineteenth Amendment.[39]

1921

References

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  1. ^ Jenkins 2011, p. 136.
  2. ^ Campbell, Susan (2013). Tempest-tossed : the spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker. Internet Archive. Wesleyan University Press: Middletown, Connecticut. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8195-7340-7.
  3. ^ Jenkins 2011, p. 140.
  4. ^ a b "Woman Suffrage". New York Daily Herald. 1869-10-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Connecticut and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  6. ^ "Woman Suffrage Convention". Hartford Courant. 1870-08-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Cohn & Schulz 2021, p. 325.
  8. ^ "Historical Society to re-enact suffrage speeches". Journal Inquirer. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  9. ^ a b Jenkins, Jessica D. (2016-06-02). "The Long Road to Women's Suffrage in Connecticut". Connecticut Explored. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  10. ^ a b c Anthony 1902, p. 536.
  11. ^ "Frances Ellen Burr". CT Women’s Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  12. ^ a b c d e f Anthony 1902, p. 537.
  13. ^ a b Nichols 1983, p. 7.
  14. ^ "Women of Color Suffrage". Connecticut Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  15. ^ Nichols 1983, p. 9.
  16. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 538.
  17. ^ Harper 1922, p. 68.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Harper 1922, p. 69.
  19. ^ Harper 1922, p. 68-69.
  20. ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 70.
  21. ^ a b Marino 2013, p. 230.
  22. ^ a b c d e Harper 1922, p. 71.
  23. ^ Jenkins 2011, p. 137.
  24. ^ "Votes for Women Supporters March; Thousands Throng Streets to Watch". Hartford Courant. 1914-05-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Marino 2013, p. 230-231.
  26. ^ a b Jenkins 2011, p. 141.
  27. ^ "Votes for Women Enthusiasts Here". Hartford Courant. 1915-10-20. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Jenkins 2011, p. 142.
  29. ^ "Convention Passes Votes Resolution Opposed by Women". Hartford Courant. 1916-09-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ Harper 1922, p. 72.
  31. ^ "Warm Hearing on Suffrage Bills Before Judiciary". Hartford Courant. 1917-02-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "State Suffragists in Convention". Hartford Courant. 1917-11-08. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ Harper 1922, p. 73.
  34. ^ a b "Voices of the Marginalized". An Unfinished Revolution: The Woman's Suffrage Centennial. Greenwich Historical Society. 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  35. ^ "Connecticut". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  36. ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 74.
  37. ^ "Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett Burns President's Speech, Arrested in Washington". Hartford Courant. 1919-01-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. ^ Harper 1922, p. 76.
  39. ^ a b "What happened in Connecticut with the 19th Amendment Ratification?". League of Women Voters. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

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