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Important dates in women’s rights history

By Xitlalicquiroz
  • Philadelphia committee

    Philadelphia committee

    Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
  • The Seneca Falls Convention

    The Seneca Falls Convention

    A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
  • Henry David Thoreau published Walden

    Henry David Thoreau published Walden

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

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

  • National Woman Suffrage Association

    National Woman Suffrage Association

    To work for women's suffrage in the United States.
  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

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

  • Colorado became the first American state to enact women's suffrage

    Colorado became the first American state to enact women's suffrage

    Colorado secured women's voting rights.
  • The National Women's Trade Union League

    The National Women's Trade Union League

    Established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.
  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

    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

    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • Margaret Sanger

    Margaret Sanger

    Opened the first American birth control clinic.
  • The Women's Bureau

    The Women's Bureau

    To collect information about women in the workforce and safeguard good working conditions for women.
  • The 19th amendment

    The 19th amendment

    Women's right to vote
  • Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

  • The Equal Pay Act passes

    The Equal Pay Act passes

    The Equal Pay Act aimed to abolish the wage discrimination against women.
  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

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

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

  • National Women’s Political Caucus

    National Women’s Political Caucus

    The organization’s mission is to improve the status of women by giving them voice in government.
  • The first American woman in space

    The first American woman in space

    Mission Specialist Sally Ride launched into space on the shuttle Challenger along with the rest of the NASA crew from Kennedy Space Center. Ride was the first American woman to be launched into space.
  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

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

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

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

    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

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