important dates in womens rights history

By 22maynard
  • Sojourner Truth "Aint I a woman" Speech

    Sojourner Truth "Aint I a woman" Speech

    She was born a slave but then gained her freedom in 1827. She became a very well know anti slavery speaker. During the Ohio womens rights convention she gave her most famous "Aint I a woman" speech.
  • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States

    Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States

    The clinic had to close due to threats
  • Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to congress

    Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to congress

    She was the first woman elected to congress in the house of representatives
  • Amelia Earhart first woman to fly solo

    Amelia Earhart first woman to fly solo

    She flew solo nonstop across the alantic
  • Rosa parks wont give her seat up

    Rosa parks wont give her seat up

    She wont give her seat up to let a white guy sit this starts off the civil rights movement.
  • FDA approves birth control

    FDA approves birth control

    Margaret Sanger initially commissioned “the pill” with funding from heiress Katherine McCormick.
  • Equal pay act

    Equal pay act

    John F. Kennedy signs into law the Equal Pay Act, prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination between men and women performing the same job in the same workplace.
  • Civil rights act

    Civil rights act

    Lyndon B. Johnson, signs the Civil Rights Act into law; Title VII bans employment discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or sex.
  • Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in by President Ronald Reagan

    Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in by President Ronald Reagan

    she was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She retires in 2006, after serving for 24 years.
  • Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

    Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

    she flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger,