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Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott, Martha C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Ann McClintock were invited to tea and, there, they called a two-day meeting for women at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Seneca Falls to discuss women's rights. This would become the Seneca Falls Convention. -
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The 19th Amendment and Women's Rights
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First National Women's Rights Convention
This convention takes place in Worcester, Massachusetts, and attracts over 1000 people. Some of these people include Frederick Douglass, Paulina Wright Davis, Abby Kelley Foster, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth. -
Ain't I A Woman?
A former slave turned women’s rights activist, Sojourner Truth's speech. “And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne 13 children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?” -
National Women Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association. Later, they teamed with the American Women Suffrage Association and then became the National American Women Suffrage Association -
First Women's Suffrage Law Passed
The legislature of the territory of Wyoming passes America’s first woman suffrage law, granting women the right to vote and hold office. In 1890, Wyoming is the 44th state admitted to the Union and becomes the first state to allow women the right to vote. -
Women Arrested for Voting
About a dozen women, including Susan B. Anthony, was arrested in Rochester, NY for illegally voting for the presidential election and unsuccessfully fought their charges. Anthony was charged $100 in fees but never paid it. -
NAWSA
The National Women Association merged with the American Women's Suffrage Association to create the National American Women's Suffrage Association with the main goal of getting voting rights for women. -
First Birth Control Clinic in the United States
Margaret Sanger opened the first clinic for women's birth control in the United States. This clinic had been opened in Brownsville, Brooklyn, but was later shut down because it had been deemed illegal because of "Comstock Laws" which made her close down several times. Eventually, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League(Today is known as Planned Parenthood). -
First Woman Elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin was sworn as the first woman elected to Congress as a member of the House of Representatives. -
19th Amendment Ratified
This was nicknamed the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" to honor her and her battle for Women's rights. After this Amendment is ratified, it was declared that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” -
First Woman to Fly a Plane
Amelia Earhart was the first woman and copilot in history to fly across the Atlantic. She had eventually became lost at sea, never to be seen again. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a public bus for a white man. She had been arrested for this and she is a very well-known Civil Rights Activist. -
First Birth Control Pill
The FDA approved the very first birth control pill in the world. Margaret Sanger had commissioned the pill with funding from heiress Katherine McCormick. -
Equal Pay
President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act granting women equal pay as their male coworkers who had been paid more for doing the same job. -
Title VII
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act granting people of a different race, religion, national origin, and sex safety and rights in the workplace. -
Title IX
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX which basically states that nobody is allowed to discriminate, exclude, or denied benefits on basis of gender. -
Roe v. Wade Decision
It was finally deemed a woman's legal choice and right as to whether or not she gets an abortion. -
First Woman in Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn into the U.S. Supreme court by President Ronald Reagan and served for 24 years. -
Violence Against Women Act
President Bill Clinton signed this act as a part of violence control and provides funding for programs helping victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, etc. -
Women in Military
The United States Military removed a ban against women serving in combat positions.
