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Important Dates in Women's Rights History

By HaileyMurphy

  • Philadephia Commitee

    1769 — Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
  • Seneca Falls

    Seneca Falls

    The first women's right convention held by women occurred. This took place in New York and had over 300 people attend.

  • Walden

    1854 — Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • Ecology

    1866 — The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
  • National Woman Suffrage Association

    National Woman Suffrage Association

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association.
  • First Women Suffrage Law

    First Women Suffrage Law

    Wyoming passed the first women suffrage law, which gave women the right to vote and hold office. Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

  • Acid Rain

    1872 — The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • Smog

    1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • National Park Service

    1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
  • First Birth Control Clinic

    First Birth Control Clinic

    Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
  • First Woman Elected

    First Woman Elected

    Jeannette Rankin was elected as a congress member of the House of Representatives.
  • 'The Susan B Anthony Amendment'

    'The Susan B Anthony Amendment'

    The ratification of the 19th amendment. This determined that anyone could vote, no matter the gender.
  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart become the first female pilot. She flew solo across the Atlantic.
  • FDA Approval

    FDA Approval

    The FDA approved the first birth control pill in the world. This finally allowed women to control when they have children.

  • Silent Spring

    1962 — Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    President John F. Kennedy signs a law prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination.

  • Earthrise

    1968 — The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day

    1970 — First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Montreal Protocol

    1989 — Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • Kyoto Protocol

    1997 — The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • Rejection

    2001 — U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Ceased Participation

    2017 — U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • Paris Agreement

    2021 — U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
  • Kamala Harris

    Kamala Harris

    Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first ever female POC vice president of the United States.