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Clara Barton becomes acquainted with the Red Cross of Switzerland.
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Susan B. Anthony created the American Woman Suffrage Association. Far later, Alice Paul would create an opposing group for the same cause--the National Women's Party.
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Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in the presidential election.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
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The U.S. signed the Treaty of Geneva and joined the Red Cross after movements and nationwide lectures from Clara.
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Ida B. Wells refused to sit in a train car with other African Americans due to having purchased a first class ticket. She was then forced off the train.
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Susan B. Anthony led the National American Woman Suffrage Association as president.
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Ida B. Wells created the National Association of Colored Women. Ida became a journalist and lead protests.
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Clara Barton resigned from her position as president of the Red Cross.
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Ida B. Wells created the first African American kindergarten and helped bid for suffrage.
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Margaret Sanger created the term "birth control" and offered information and contraceptives to the public, despite it being illegal.
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Margaret Sanger was indicted for violating the Comstock law.
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Margaret Sanger is arrested for opening a birth control clinic.
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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to serve in the national legislature.
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Susan B. Anthony's work helped create the 19th amendment in the constitution, allowing women to vote.
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Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League.
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Margaret Sanger met Gregory Pincus, a medical expert willing to make cheap contraceptive pills.
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Contraceptive pills were approved by the FDA.
