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51 ladies gathered to boycott East Indian tea because it was taxed by the British. One of the first political activities created by women. -
more than 250 academies for girls open in North Carolina
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Astronomer Maria Mitchell becomes the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences -
The world's first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. -
Antoinette Brown became the first American woman ordained as a minister -
Lucy Stone becomes the first woman on record to keep her surname after marriage. -
The American Equal Rights Association, which is the first organization in the country to advocate national womenś suffrage, is founded -
The North Carolina legislature passes a new constitution that grants women the right to own property and business, work for their own wages, sue in courts, make wills, and contracts on their own. -
Tabitha Ann Holton passes the North Carolina state bar to become the first licensed female lawyer in the South. -
Dr. Annie Lawne Alexander graduated from Womenś Medical College in Philadelphia and returned to North Carolina to become the stateś first licensed female doctor. -
The US House of Representatives passes the Women's Suffrage Amendment -
In Roe v. Wade the US Supreme Court establishes a woman's right to an abortion.