Anthony attends a world conference on women's suffrage in Berlin. March 13 Anthony dies at her home in Rochester. 10,000 mourners come to her funeral. 1913 Suffragists mount a large parade in Washington on the day before President Wilson's inaugeration. 1916 Jeanette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the U. S. Congress.
Women win the vote in New York state.
May The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the vote passes both houses of Congress and goes to the states for ratification. August 26 Tennessee becomes the 36th state to ratify, and the Nineteenth Amendment is adopted.