Womens rights are human rights

Important dates in women’s rights history

By sofiadembek

  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Women rights emerge into the abolitionist movement

    Women rights emerge into the abolitionist movement

    Women first start having a voice about their dissatisfaction with the social role of women.
  • Sojourner Truth delivers her “Ain't I a Woman” speech.

    Sojourner Truth delivers her “Ain't I a Woman” speech.

    This powerful speech was about women's suffrage.

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

  • The Senate approved the woman's suffrage vote.

    The Senate approved the woman's suffrage vote.

    This event is a major one considering the long effort put in for women political equality.
  • Women Get The Right to Vote

    Women Get The Right to Vote

    The law was finally passed allowing women to have a vote.

  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • The Equal Pay Act Passes

    The Equal Pay Act Passes

    A labor law created to ensure equal and fair pay.

  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • Earth Day – April 22., millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day organized by Gaylord Nelson, former senator of Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, Harvard graduate student. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan form the National Women’s Political Caucus

    Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan form the National Women’s Political Caucus

    Women get a voice within the government.
  • Gloria Steinem starts Ms. magazine

    Gloria Steinem starts Ms. magazine

    This magazine talks about women's rights.
  • Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

    The first woman was accepted into the Supreme Court making a big advancement in allowing women to be in high roles.
  • Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space

    Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space

    Sally Ride was launched into space with the rest of the NASA crew.

  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Halle Berry becomes the first African American woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress

    Halle Berry becomes the first African American woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress

    She is the first woman to receive this award till this day of being best actress.

  • U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation