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1870: First Oregon suffrage organizations

1878: All Oregon taxpayers, regardless of gender, may vote in school elections

1878: Married women’s property act passes Oregon legislature

1884: Woman suffrage on ballot 1st time

1896: Idaho women achieve the vote

1900: Woman suffrage on ballot 2nd time

1906: Woman suffrage on ballot 3rd time

1908: Woman suffrage on ballot 4th time

1910: Woman suffrage on ballot 5th time

1910: Washington State women achieve the vote

1911: California women achieve the vote

1912: Oregon women achieve the vote

1914: Marian Towne, elected to Oregon Legislature from Jackson County

1920: Nineteenth Amendment ratified

1936: Nan Wood Honeyman, first Oregon woman elected to U.S. Congress, House of Representatives

1977: Norma Paulus elected Secretary of State, first woman elected to statewide office

1982: Betty Roberts first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court

1990: Barbara Roberts first woman elected governor of Oregon

2012: Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial

2020: Nineteenth Amendment Centennial