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Women in Pennsylvania are given the right to own and manage property (but only if their husbands are unable to do so) -
Rebecca Lukens inherits Brandywine Iron and is the first woman to head a U.S. industry company. -
Martha Washington is the first woman to appear solo on U.S. currency as the face of the $1 silver certificate. -
Maggie Lena Walker opens St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, the first bank chartered by a woman in the U.S. Promoting savings and homeownership among women and racial minorities. -
Sarah Breedlove become America’s first self-made female millionaire. She was the daughter of freed slaves, was orphaned, and then invented and sold homemade hair products to Black women -
The Fair Labor Standards Act is passed and institutes the federal minimum wage, which eliminated many cases of gender wage disparity for hourly workers -
Women are granted the right to have their own personal bank accounts. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed, and holds that employers can’t discriminate on the basis of gender. -
Katharine Graham becomes the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company, The Washington Post. -
Congress passes the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Women no longer need to have a male co-signer for credit cards and loans. -
Helen Keller graces the Alabama quarter. The first women featured in the State Quarter series. -
A record-breaking 102 women were sworn in to Congress, which sets the stage for a wave of change in finance, equality, and all areas between -
History is made with the first female Vice President of the United States.