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1916 BCE
Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress
She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. -
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States -
The Alaska Equal Rights Act signed into law
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19th Amendment of the United States
granted women the right to vote -
FDA Approves first birth control pill
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive in 1960. Within 2 years of its initial distribution, 1.2 million American women were using the birth control pill, or the "pill," as it is popularly known. -
The Feminine Mystique was written
She coined the term feminine mystique to describe the societal assumption that women could find fulfillment through housework, marriage, sexual passivity, and child rearing alone -
Equal Pay Act was signed into law
n addition, through the efforts of Peterson, who had been appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor, the Equal Pay -
Civil Rights Act signed into law
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 hastened the end of legal Jim Crow. It secured African Americans equal access to restaurants, transportation, and other public facilities. It enabled blacks, women, and other minorities to break down barriers in the workplace. -
Civil Rights Movement launched
in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country. -
National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed
the primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution -
Title IX was passed into law
Every student deserves educational opportunity free from discrimination. That is why today the U.S. Department of Education -
Roe v. Wade Court Case
the Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right -
“Battle of the Sexes” tennis match
exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in -
Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in to US Supreme Court
when Justice Potter Stewart retired in 1981, President Reagan fulfilled that promise by nominating O'Connor, noting that she was a “person for all seasons.