I. From Seneca Falls to Suffrage: Three Generations of Women Work for the Vote

A. Female Social Activists Discover the Suffrage Cause: 1840-1869
B. Suffragists Disagree over Amending the U.S. Constitution: 1870-1910
C. The Final Push: 1910-1920
D. Never Underestimate the Value of One Vote

II. Opposition to Women's Suffrage

III. Post-Suffrage Divisions: The Equal Rights Amendment or Special Protections for Women?

A. The Fight for an Equal Rights Amendment: The First Generation
B. The Second Generation

IV. The Failure of the ERA

A. Women Opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment

VI. Three Political Lessons About Gender Equality

VII. Conclusion