Women in the 1920s By Ashley_Trevizo Aug 18, 1920 Women have the right to suffrage Period: Aug 18, 1920 to Dec 31, 1928 Woman in the 1920s Jun 1, 1921 Edith Wharton becomes the first woman in the U.S. to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Age of Innocence Nov 10, 1921 Margaret Sanger establishes American Birth Control League, encountering social change Oct 3, 1922 Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first woman to be in the U.S. Senate Nov 4, 1924 Nellie T. Ross encounters change when she becomes the first woman governor of Wyoming Jun 30, 1927 Phoebe Omlie was the first woman, licensed-pilot Jan 1, 1928 Women are beginning to earn thirty-nine percent of total college degrees Jan 1, 1929 Rose Knox (industrialist) became the first woman director of the American Grocery Manufacturers' Association
