Women's Rights

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  • Universal Suffrage Petition

    Universal Suffrage Petition
    First petition that focused on women's rights.

  • Women's March in Suffragette Parade

    Women's March in Suffragette Parade

  • 19th Amendment Added

    19th Amendment Added
    The 19th Amendment was added to the constitution and the federal women suffrage amendment is passed by House of Representatives and the Senate.

  • Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the U.S Senate

    Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the U.S Senate
    Hattie Wyatt Caraway was from Arkansas and became the first-ever woman to be elected to the US Senate

  • Frist female cabinet member

    Frist female cabinet member
    Frances Perkins becomes the first female cabinet member, appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • House Resolution 5056

    House Resolution 5056
    House Resolution 5056 prohibited discrimination in pay on account of sex. This was later enacted in the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

  • Equal Pay Act Passed

    Equal Pay Act Passed
    The Equal Pay Act is passed by Congress and promises equitable wages for the same work, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or sex of the worker.

  • Title IX

    Title IX
    Title IX prohibits discrimination in academic activities based on sex. It was passed by President Nixon when he signed the Education Amendments of 1972.

  • Abortion becomes legal

    Abortion becomes legal
    Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade makes abortion legal.

  • First woman on the Supreme Court

    First woman on the Supreme Court
    Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.