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First Women's Rights Convention
The first Women's Rights Convention is held in Seneca Falls, NY. After two days of disscussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's right movement. -
First National Women's Rights Convention
The NAtional Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcestor, Mass., attracting more than 1,000 participants. These conventions were held yearly except for 1857 through 1860 -
Women's Trade Union League is Established
National labor group to unionize working women and advocate improved wages and working conditions. -
Women get to Vote
With 4 million women eligible to vote, presidental canidates vie for their attention for the first time/ Democrat Woodrow Wilson wins. -
March to DC.
5,000 suffragists march into Washington DC. for the Women's Rights Movement. -
1915 Petition
A petition with 500,000 signitures in support of Women's Suffrsge Amendment is given to President Woodrow Wilson. -
League of Women Voters created
After the ratification of the amendent, this league was founded to educate women about their rights and practicing it. -
The 19th Amendment is Ratified
The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote. Only one person who signed, Charlotte Woodward, is alive to exorcise i. -
1st Equal Rights Admendment Introduced
Alice Paul and the National Women's Party succeed in having a constitutional admendment saying, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US and every place subject to its jurisdication." -
Amelia Earheart
Amelia Earheart makes the first trans-Atlantic flight -
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Florence Ellinwood Allen becomes the first women to be on the US Court of Appeals. -
Eleanor Roosevelt Leads Commission on the Status of Women
President JFK establishes the President's commission on the status of women and appoints Eleanor as chairman. A document states recomindations for improvement, including fair hiring practices, paid maturnity leave, and affordable childcare. -
Equal Pay Act Becomes Fedral Law
Equal Pay Act has been proposed for the past 20 years and finally a law. It states equal pay for the same job duties for race, color, religion, national origin, and sex. -
Civil Rights VII
Title VII of the Civil Rights, states that women are not allowed to be discriminated in pay. -
National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded
A major feminist organization when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to enforce a clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender. -
NYC March
50,000 march into New York City for the first strike -
Equal Rights Amedment
The Equal Rights Amendment passes Congress byt not ratified. 31 states ratified it out of 38 supposed to have. -
Equal Rights Amendment fails to become Ratified!
After having the deadline extended from 1978 to 1982, it still fails to get ratified. Opposition of the amendment is strongest in the South and Southwest.
