( women's rights .* ]

  • Netherlands

    new law was drafted to allow women's suffrage without any limitations. The law was passed and the right to vote could be exercised for the first time in the general elections of 1922.
  • Right to Vote

    The 19th amendment to constituion, in which was the right for woment to vote, was signed and passed.
  • France Provision Government

    Sufferage was extened to women in France by the ordinance of France Provision Government.
  • Switzerland

    The Swiss referendum was held.
  • Equal Pay Act

    Congress passed the Equal Pay Act which made it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man is being payed.
  • Equal Rights Amendemt

    The equal rights amendment is passed but then later dies because it failed to achive ratification by a minimum of 38 states.
  • Right To Privacy

    Supreme Court rules that the right to privacy includes an unmarried person's right to use contraceptives.
  • Education Amendments

    Education amendments band sex descrimination in schools.