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Women's Rights Movement Begins
The women's rights movement started when almost 300 women's rights activists meet at a location called Seneca Falls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others sign the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. This is a declaration for the equal treatment of women. This was a signifigant event because this was what had kick off the women's rights movement. -
Sojourner Truth Delivers her “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech
Sojourner Truth gives her famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio. At first, Truth's speech didn't have a title, but was eventually given the title it has today because of the repeated question in her speech, "Ain't I a women?" She had broken a barrier that separated the equal rights of black and white women. Before, people had thought that it was only white women that were suffragists. -
National Labor Union Pushes for Equal Pay for Men and Women
This was pushed because many people had thought that women should be paid as much as a man if they do the same amount of work. Not only being paid for the same work, but also the men and women having to have the same qualifications for work. This event was important because without this, equal pay wouldn't have been pushed and supported and the pay might not have been made equal. -
First woman Nominated for President
Victoria Claflin Woodhull had been the first women to be nominated for president. She had been nominated by the Equal Rights Party. Even though she was nominate to run for president, no women were able to vote. Because of her nomination, it proved that not only men could run for president or have the chance to. -
Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Attempting to Vote
On this day Susan B. Anthony had been arrested for voting. She later said that when she was arrested, her rights were violated because in the Constitution, it says "We the people" and does not specify who the people are. -
Supreme Court Denies the Right for Women to Vote
This event was the cause of Minor vs. Happersett when Virginia Minor filed a law suit when her application to register for voting was denied. The main argument was that even though the Missouri state constitution says only men can vote, it is still violating the Fourteenth Amendment's privileges to vote. Even though she was denied the right to vote, this event had publicized the inequality of women and men. -
Alpha Suffrage Club of Chicago is Founded
The Alpha Suffrage Club was founded by Ida B. Wells. Wells was a women's rights activist and a journalist that had written about the lynchings in the South. The Alpha Suffrage Club had also been the first suffrage club for African American women. This group is signifigant because it was the very first suffrage group for African American women and had targeted them when they previously hadn't had a suffrage group. -
Women are Given the Right to Vote
On this day, it was finally made so women had the right to vote. This actually is the 19th Amendment of the Constitution and states that, "“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” This event gave the right for women to give their political opinion that still affects us today. -
American Birth Control League Founded
Margaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League. This is important because it gives women the choice of having or not having children. Not only that but it also ended up preventing illegal and unsafe abortions. -
Alice Paul Wrote the “Equal Rights Movement”
During the year of 1923, Alice Paul wrote the "Equal Rights Movement." This book is important to the movement because this had been the first draft of what would be the 19th Amendment and in 1923 it had been introduced to Congress for the first time. -
First American Woman Recieves the Nobel Peace Prize
Jane Addams ends up being the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She had recieved this for all she did during the equal rights movement. Among these events was when she had founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Her recieving this prize had proven that women can make changes in the world and had proven many people wrong. -
National Council of the Negro Founded
This was when the NCNF was founded by Mary Bethune. This council was for black women that wanted equality. This council was against discrimination, racism, and sexism. Along with the Alpha Suffrage Club, this was one of the onyl groups founded for black women that people hadn't included in the women's rights movement. Because of that, more people got involved because they had the chance to. -
National Organization for Women is Formed
This was formed by Betty Friedan and other feminists in the area. Eventually this organization became one of the largest women's rights groups located in the U.S. The NOW fights against sexual discrimination in the workplace. This is important because without people fighting for equal rights, there would be inequality in public places. -
First Woman Elected to the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor had been the first woman elected to the Supreme Court. She had been nominated by President Ronald Reagan and the total of the votes was unanamous. She had proven that even women can get to a high power in the government when it was thought of as impossible.
