Women's Rights- E. Fitzhugh

  • 19 Amendment

    Women were guaranteed the right to vote in American by the passing of the 19th Amendment.
  • Birth Control

    Birth Control
    Food and Drug Administration of America approves birth control medication for women.
    Image:http://mobihealthnews.com/25872/21-types-of-health-apps-the-fda-could-regulate-but-wont/
  • Commission on the Status of Women

    President Kennedy formed the Commission on the Status of Women to look at the status of women in America in the early 1960's.
  • Equal Employment Act

    Equal Employment Act
    United States passes the Civil Rights act with a equal employment clause prevention descrimination toward women in the work envirornment.
    Image: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3087021
  • National Womens Organization (NOW)

    National Womens Organization (NOW)
    NOW founded by Betty Fierdan for the advancement of women. Image:http://www.nowcleveland.org/about/
  • Bra Burning

    Bra Burning
    Women burn their bras in protest of the Miss America Pagent of 1968.
  • Women's Liberation Conference

    First Womens Liberation Conference took place in Great Britian to promote the equality of womens rights around the globe.
  • Marriage Equality

    United States Supreme Court rules that laws banning homosexual marriage unconstitutional in a 5-4 vote.