Timeline of women's suffrage in California

This timeline provides an overview of the political movement for women's suffrage in California.

Women's suffrage became legal with the passage of Proposition 4 in 1911 yet not all women were enfranchised as a result of this legislation.

1868: 1869: 1871: 1884: 1886: 1890: 1893: 1894: 1895: 1896: 1899: 1900: 1902: 1903: 1905: 1906: 1907: 1908: 1909: 1910: 1911: 1912: 1913: 1914: 1916:

Ellen Van Valkenburg filed this brief in Santa Cruz after being denied the right to vote
Sarah M. Severance
Lillian Harris Coffin
Clara Burdette, first president of California Federation of Women's Clubs
Collection of "votes for women" buttons made by Mrs. Alice Park of Palo Alto
Maud Younger was known for her ability to get publicity for the suffrage cause
Marie L. Baldwin