Gender Discrimination

By amandakingpbl

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention
    The first Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. This convention "secured to women equal participation with men in the various trades, professions, and commerce".

  • NWTUL was organized

    NWTUL was organized
    The National Women’s Trade Union League was established to improve wages and working conditions for women. The NWTUL saw working women as oppressed, and with the help of many working women and upper-class women who joined in, this organization was recognized and gained credibility.

  • 19th Amendment was ratified

    19th Amendment was ratified
    The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was made and gave women the right to vote. State Bainbridge Colby signed the ratified amendment on August 26, after three-fourths of the states finally agreed.

  • Title IX was signed

    Title IX was signed
    Title IX of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in schools and makes it so that both genders can have an equal opportunity for education.