Women timeline

By kj_ded
  • 3000 BCE

    (Ancient Egypt)

    Politically powerful women like Hatshepsut and Cleopatra.
  • 500 BCE

    Aspasia of Miletus

    powerful philosopher, dominates the Athenian intellectual circle.

  • Womens Rights

    Women like Mary Wollstonecraft in England and Olympe de Gouges in France begin advocating for women's rights, education, and gender equality.

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    First women's rights convention, at which Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott demand women's right to vote and other rights under law.

  • Womens Suffrage

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.

  • Feminists

    Early Feminist Movements and Legal Advances

  • 19th Amendment

    Women's suffrage approved in the United States.

  • Working Women

    During World War II, women gain new roles within the work force, taking jobs previously held for decades by men.

  • Gender Rolls

    World War II concludes; women need to go back into their 'normal' role, but numbers still continue to stay within the work force.

  • New Feminism

    Rise of the Second-Wave Feminism

  • Feminine Mystique

    Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" sparks the second wave of feminism within the USA.

  • N.O.W

    National Organization for Women (NOW) established to attain equal rights and opportunities for women.

  • Roe V. Wade

    Abortion legalized in the U.S. by the U.S. Supreme Court, a landmark win for women's reproductive rights.

  • Women World Conference

    United Nations proclaims International Women's Year, with the first-ever World Conference on Women in Mexico City.

  • Struggles

    International Feminism and Continuing Struggles

  • Equality

    Feminist movement focuses on equal pay, sexual harassment, and reproductive rights. Movements become international.

  • Fourth World Conference

    The Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women makes the empowerment of women and gender equality in the world its focus.

  • Sexual Violence

    The UN Security Council passes a resolution acknowledging sexual violence in war and its impact on women.

  • Contemporary Feminism and Intersectionality

  • Beginning of digital activism

    campaigns like #MeToo and #TimesUp advocate gender parity, sexual harassment sensitivity, and equal remuneration.

  • Malala Yousafzai

    survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, becomes a global advocate for girls' education.

  • #BringBackOurGirls

    push for the release of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram.

  • Womans March

    The Women's March is the largest global protest as millions of women take to the streets to fight for gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and reproductive rights.

  • Kamala

    Kamala Harris becomes the United States' first Black, South Asian, and female Vice President.