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The first National Women's Rights Convention is held in Worcester Massachussets.
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women Suffrage Association.
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Oil on Canvas, Dennis Miller Bunker.
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Oil on canvas, Alfred Henry Maurer.
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The 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution granting women the right to vote.
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Birth control information is no longer referred to as obscene, 15 years after the formation of the American Birth Control League (Planned Parenthood).
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Oil on canvas, Norman Rockwell.
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The President's Commission on the Status of Women is formed by JFK with Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman.