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Colonial Times
Women in the 15th & 16th centuries were mostly wives and mothers, and that was their primary job. -
Women Witches
In colonial America, colonists strongly believed in existance of witches. They were mostly associated with women who didn't have husbands or money to look properly. Also women who were wandering around begging for food or gathered leaves in forests or claimed to know the future or being able to comute with familiars. Many became very suspicious of such women and put them up for trial and if the court decided that the woman is a witch she was hanged -
Revolutionary War
Most of the women stayed home and took over the jobs that their husbands had before. Now it was their role to support the family while men were fighting. Many women helped wounded soldiers and sent food to the Army. -
Deborah Sampson
A woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War -
Lucretia and Elizabeth
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton are forbidden from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London. This prompts them to hold a Women's Convention in the US. -
Women’s Rights Convention
The first Women's Rights Convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes "The Declaration of Sentiments". -
Ain’t I a women?
At a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, delivers her speech "Ain't I a woman?" -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election and is arrested and brought to trial. Fifteen other women are arrested for illegally voting. -
Picket White House
Women picketed the White House protesting for women's rights and were arrested for obstructing sidewalk traffic. -
Night of Terror
Women who picketed the white house were put into Occoquan Workhouse. There they were beaten and fed slop for standing up for what they believed in. -
19th Admendment
Three quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. American Women finally win full voting rights. -
Sally Ride
Sally Ride stands for what women have been fighting for by becoming the first American women to go into space.
