Timeline of women's suffrage in Wisconsin
This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Wisconsin. Women's suffrage efforts began before the Civil War. The first Wisconsin state constitutional convention in 1846 discussed both women's suffrage and African-American suffrage. In the end, a more conservative constitution was adopted by Wisconsin. In the 1850s, a German language women's rights newspaper was founded in Milwaukee and many suffragists spoke throughout the state. The first state suffrage convention was held in Janesville in 1867. The 1870s, several women's suffrage groups were founded in the state. In 1884 , a women's suffrage bill, allowing women to vote for school-related issues is passed. In 1886, voters approve the school-related suffrage bill in a referendum. The first year women vote, 1887, there are challenges to the law that go on until Wisconsin women are allowed to vote again for school issues in 1902 using separate ballots. In the 1900s, women's suffrage conventions continue to take place throughout the state. Women collect petitions and continue to lobby the state legislature. In 1911 Wisconsin legislature passes a bill for women's suffrage that will go out to the voters  in 1912. On November 4, 1912 voters disapprove of women's suffrage. Women's suffrage efforts continue, including sponsoring a suffrage school and with the inclusion of a National Woman's Party (NWP) chapter formed in 1915. When the Nineteenth Amendment goes out to the states, Wisconsin ratifies on June 10 and turns in the ratification paperwork first, on June 13, 1919. 19th century. 1840s. 1846 1850s. 1852 1853 1855 1856 1860s. 1867 1868 1869 1870s. 1870 1878 1879 1880s. 1880 1881 1882 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890s. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899  20th century. 1900s. 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910s. 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 1920s. 1920