Women's History Month

By Peggy_Chonchies_
  • Anne Is Dismissed

    Anne Is Dismissed

    Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts
  • There is a Witch Trial.

    There is a Witch Trial.

    The Salem Witch Trials are held in Salem, Massachusetts.
  • Right To Vote

    Right To Vote

    New Jersey grants women the vote in its state constitution.
  • Abigail told her husband to "Remember the ladies".

    Abigail told her husband to "Remember the ladies".

    Abigail Adams makes plea to her husband: "Remember the ladies" in the new Constitution.
  • Women's Education

    Women's Education

    Sarah Pierce establishes first institution in America for higher education of women, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
  • Susan B. Anthony's birthday.

    Susan B. Anthony's birthday.

  • Children rights to vote.

    Children rights to vote.

    Kentucky widows with children in school are granted "school suffrage," the right to vote in school board elections.
  • Maria discovers comets.

    Maria discovers comets.

    Maria Mitchell discovers a new comet, wins a medal from the King of Denmark.
  • Women are invited to a famous tea party.

    Women are invited to a famous tea party.

    Lucretia Mott, Martha C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Ann McClintock are invited to tea at the home of Jane Hunt in Waterloo, New York. They decide to call a two-day meeting of women at the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Seneca Falls to discuss women's rights.
  • 300 people meet to talk about women's rights.

    300 people meet to talk about women's rights.

    Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights, in Seneca Falls, New York; 68 women and 32 men sign the "Declaration of Sentiments," including the first formal demand made in the United States for women's right to vote: "...it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise."
  • Ms. magazine is launched.

    Ms. magazine is launched.

    1972: Ms. magazine is launched.
  • First woman seated in the Supreme Court.

    First woman seated in the Supreme Court.

    Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman seated on the United States Supreme Court.

  • A record-breaking number of women is elected to Congress.

    A record-breaking number of women is elected to Congress.

  • Sexual Harasment becomes illegal.

    The Supreme Court rules that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal.

  • Janet Reno becomes the first woman to hold the office of Attorney General of the United States.

    Janet Reno becomes the first woman to hold the office of Attorney General of the United States.