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Seneca Falls Convention
The first women’s rights convention that was held in New York. It was 2 days of discussion and debate and they produced the Declaration of Sentiments, a document that is based on the Declaration of Independence and gives reasons women should have more rights. 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
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The National Women Suffrage Association is formed
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the Woman Suffrage Association, its primary goal being to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
NAWSA is created
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, or NAWSA, as the movement’s mainstream organization and wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
WTUL is established
The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
First U.S. birth-control clinic
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger is arrested, she eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in New York City in 1923. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
The President’s Commission on the Status of Women
President John Kennedy establishes the President's Commission on the Status of Women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman. The report issued by the Commission in 1963 documents substantial discrimination against women in the workplace and makes specific recommendations for improvement, including fair hiring practices, paid maternity leave, and affordable child care. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
