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The beginning of the women's rights movement -
During the 1850s, the women's rights movement gathered steam but lost momentum when the Civil War began. -
The achievement of state voting rights for women in 1917 came three years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the vote in national elections. The 1917 result followed 50 years of marching, fund-raising, and rallies. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right is known as women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest. ... It would take more than 40 years for all women to achieve voting equality. -
The bans against women in military combat positions are removed, overturning a 1994 Pentagon decision restricting women from combat roles.