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Women's Suffrage and Civil Rights Timeline

  • Women's Suffrage News Founded

    Women's Suffrage News Founded
    This was used as medium to keep all activists aware of what was going on everwhere.
  • Minor v Happersett

    Minor v Happersett
    It was decided that women's suffrage was not protected under the 14th ammendment.
  • Muller v Oregon

    Muller v Oregon
    It was decided that a statute limiting women's work hours was constitutional because of their physicality.
  • Women's Suffrage March

    Women's Suffrage March
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
    It was determined that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • Loving v Virginia

    Loving v Virginia
    It was found that interracial marriage was constitutional.
  • Jones v Alfred H. Mayer Co

    It was found that public and private real estate companies are not allowed to deny their services to people based on race.
  • NORC Poll

    NORC Poll
    The poll found that a vast majority of whites believed in the equality of blacks.