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The first conventions on women rights was held in Senca Falls, New York. Men and Women signed The Declartion of Sentiments, which set an agenda for the womens rights movement
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This is a timeline of Women fighting for and recieving rights
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Elizabeth Cady Santon and Susan B. Anthony create the National Women's Suffrage Association. The main goal of this Association being achieve the voting rights of women and adding an Amendment into the Constitution for Women's right to vote.
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The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). They travel the states campgaining for womens rights
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Colorado is the first state to adopt the amendment granting women the right to vote.
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The national labor group is established to create a union for women to adovcate for improved wages and working conditions for women
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The federal Women's Surrage Amendment, drafted by Susan B. Anthony, introduced in 1978 was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratifiaction
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The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by the Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby
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After the raticifaction of the 19th Amendment, the League of Women voters was founded to inform women of their rights and encourage them to exersice them.
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The Food and Drug Adminstration approves birth control pills
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Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for an employer to pay a women less than an man would recieve at the same job
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Title IX of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in schools. It states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
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The Pregancy Discrimination Act ensures employment discrimination on acount of pregancy is considered unlawful, gender- based discrimination.Employers can't ask potienal employess questions about their plans to have children
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The Violence Against Women Act tightens federal penalties for sex offenders, funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence, and provides for special training of police officers.
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The Supreme Court upholds the ban on the "partial-birth" abortion procedure. The ruling, 5–4, which upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, a federal law passed in 2003, is the first to ban a specific type of abortion procedure. Writing in the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "The act expresses respect for the dignity of human life." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who dissents, called the decision "alarming" and said it is "so at odds with our jurisprudence" that it "should not
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President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck. Previously, victims were only allowed 180 days from the date of the first unfair paycheck. This Act is named after a former employee of Goodyear who alleged that she was paid 15–40% less than her male counterparts, which was later found to be accurate.
